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(Above) The four girls killed in a 1 9 6 3 Birmingham
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(Left) Former Ku Klux
K lansm an B obby Frank Cherry.
(AP) — In the final trial stem­
ming from one o f the most notori­
ous crimes of the civil rights era, a
Birmingham, Ala. jury convicted
former Ku Klux Klansman Bobby
Frank Cherry of murder in a church
bombing that killed four black girls
in 1963.
The 71 -year-old Cherry faces
an automatic sentence of life in
prison.
The jury of nine whites and
three blacks deliberated less than
a day before returning the verdict
May 22 after a weeklong trial
marked by witnesses with admit­
tedly faded memories and haunt­
ing images from the nation’s seg­
regationist past.
Cherry was accused of being
part of a group of Klansmen who
plotted to bomb Sixteenth Street
Baptist Church, a downtown ral­
lying spot for protests against
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(A P) — A man was sen­
tenced to 31 years in prison
last week for attacks against
six prostitutes.
A nthony H um phreys, 39,
was in d icted on attem pted
murder, kidnapping and sexual
assault charges after he picked
up a prostitute in Portland on
May 13 last year. He took her
to a remote area in Estacada,
where he sexually assaulted
her and cut her with a knife.
Police said Humphreys used
the same m ethod against other
victim s. H e’d pick the women
up in a red truck, drive them to
a secluded area, claim he was
in the Mafia and threaten to kill
them with a knife or gun if they
d id n ’t com ply w ith his d e­
mands. Then h e’d rob and re­
peatedly sexually assault them,
said Portland police Detective
Sue Fachini.
racial segregation in 1963.
He was the last suspect to be
tried in the blast. In the nearly four
decades since it jolted the nation’s
conscience on a Sunday morning,
two other ex-Klansmen were con­
victed and a fourth died without
being charged.
The dynamite bomb killed 11-
year-old Denise McNair and three
14-year-olds: Addie Mae Collins,
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Vancouver
Police Chief
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A nthony H um phries
S ta n R e e v e s
“For hours, he would have
his way with them ,” she said.
M ultnomah County Deputy
District Attorney Frank Ravelo
said H um phreys had shown
no rem orse for his “incredible
streak” o f victim izing women.
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Vancou ver is looking for a new
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of its African American com­
mander.
Last week, Chief Stan Reeves
decided to step down from his
position immediately, citing fam­
ily and health reasons.
R eev es has serv ed as
Vancouver’s chief since October
2000.
Deputy Chief Brian Martinek
has been named acting police chief
until a replacement has been hired.
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