Cecil Price
Cecil Price | |
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Mug shot of Price, 1964 | |
| Born | Cecil Ray Price April 15, 1938 Flora, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | May 6, 2001 (aged 63) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
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| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Spouse | Conner Price |
| Children | Cecil Price Jr. |
| Motive | White supremacy |
| Conviction | Conspiracy to deprive rights (18 U.S.C. § 241) |
| Criminal penalty | 6 years imprisonment |
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| Victims | James Chaney, 21 Andrew Goodman, 20 Michael Schwerner, 24 |
Cecil Ray Price (April 15, 1938 – May 6, 2001) was an American deputy sheriff and member of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. He was a participant in the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in 1964.
While he was never charged with the murders, Price was convicted in October 1967 of violating the civil rights of the three victims. He was sentenced to a six-year prison term and served four and a half years at the Sandstone Federal Penitentiary in Minnesota. Following his release from prison, he returned to Philadelphia, Mississippi, and worked various jobs. Cecil Price died following a fall from a piece of equipment at his job on May 6, 2001.