Former KKK chief dies in prison at 82
From Times Wire Reports
Former Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers, who was sentenced to life in prison eight years ago for ordering the 1966 bombing death of a civil rights leader, died of cardiopulmonary arrest in a state penitentiary, officials said. He was 82. Bowers was convicted of ordering the assassination of Vernon Dahmer Sr., a civil rights activist who had fought for black rights.
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