U.S. District Judge Tom Lee has concluded the lawsuit against Franklin County filed by the families of two black teens killed by Klansmen in 1964 should go forward.
It is the first such lawsuit to clear the hurdle of the statute of limitations since unpunished killings from the civil rights era began to be reopened in 1989.
"This is a landmark case - an extremely significant case," said Dennis Sweet of Jackson, an attorney for the families of Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, who were abducted and beaten by Klansmen on May 2, 1964, before being drowned in an old portion of the Mississippi River.
Reputed Klansman James Ford Seale is serving three life sentences for kidnapping and conspiracy in the case. His lawyers are appealing that conviction.
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