On February 5, 1994, Byron De La Beckwith was convicted for the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, marking over 30 years since the crime. Evers, born in 1925, advocated for racial equality and faced multiple assassination attempts before his death at 37. Despite earlier mistrials, persistent efforts by Myrlie Evers led to Beckwith’s retrial, where compelling evidence secured a life sentence. He died in prison in 2001.
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