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Christopher Mitchell and James Weems were each found guilty of one count of conspiracy to violate the victim`s civil rights.
Mitchell, Weems, along with a third man, Christopher Baird, used wooden boards to erect a cross near the home of the African American man and light it on fire, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Witnesses testified that as a result of the cross burning, the African-American victim and the family he lived with all moved from their home because they were too frightened to remain in the town.
Baird had already pleaded guilty in the case.
(Copyright 2006 Newsroom Solutions, LLC)
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