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Federal Judge Rejects Subpoena for Reporter in Mississippi Klan Case

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· Story link A U.S. district judge rejected a Justice Department request to subpoena a Jackson Clarion-Ledger reporter in a…

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A U.S. district judge rejected a Justice Department request to subpoena a Jackson Clarion-Ledger reporter in a Mississippi trial of a reputed Ku Klux Klansman for the 1964 attacks on two black youths. The reporter has interviewed the defendant, James Ford Seale, in January, 2000. (6/12/07)

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