Cross Burning Civil Rights Case

Lawyers with the United States Department of Justice (”DOJ”) Civil Rights Division announced in a Press Release at http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/November/09-crt-1202.html that an Arkansas man has been sentenced in a Fort Smith, Arkansas federal court on federal civil rights charges related to a conspiracy to drive a woman and her children from their home because they associated with African Americans.  According to the November 6, 2009 DOJ Press Release, the man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, three years of post-incarceration supervision, a fine of $5,000, and a $200 special assessment.  The man’s co-conspirators pleaded guilty in September 2009 for their roles in the conspiracy.  Special agents for the FBI’s Little Rock Office investigated the case.