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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Michael Goldberg

Mississippi man gets 42 years in prison for cross burning

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors was sentenced Thursday to 42 years in prison.

U.S. Southern District of Mississippi Judge Sul Ozerden handed down the sentence after Axel Cox, 24, pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime in December.

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