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United States v. Price
Citation:
383 U.S. 787 (1966)Facts
On June 21, 1964, Cecil Ray Price, the Deputy Sheriff of Neshoba County, Mississippi, detained Michael Henry Schwerner, James Earl Chaney, and Andrew Goodman in the county jail. Later that night, Price released them, then intercepted them on Highway 19, placed them in an official sheriff’s vehicle, and transported them to an unpaved road. According to the indictments, this was part of a conspiracy involving Price, Sheriff Rainey, Patrolman Willis, and 15 private individuals to “punish” the three men. The defendants allegedly assaulted, shot, and killed the three victims, then transported their bodies to the construction site of an earthen dam southwest of Philadelphia, Mississippi. The government brought two indictments: one under 18 U.S.C. § 242 (and conspiracy to violate § 242 under § 371) and another under 18 U.S.C. § 241, charging that the defendants conspired to deprive the victims of their Fourteenth Amendment rights not to be deprived of life or liberty without due process of law.
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