By
The Associated Press
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Published: Tue, July 01, 2008 - 10:53 am
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The state parole board has again deniedan early release for Johnnie Daniel Beecher, a black man who was
convicted in the 1964 rape and murder of a pregnant white woman in
north Alabama.
The three-member board turned down Beecher's bid for parole
Tuesday in Montgomery.
Beecher, now 75, was a fugitive from a chain gang in Jackson
County when he was accused of abducting and killing 21-year-old
Martha Jane Chisenhall at Stevenson. The racially charged crime
brought out a huge posse of angry white men and law officers.
A forced confession by Beecher when caught in Tennessee led to
three reversals of his convictions. He eventually pleaded guilty to
murder and has now been denied parole seven times.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Thank you so much for saying that CypMrk. I think that was the most poorly-written story I ever seen. Absolutely tastless and ignorant.