Mississippi man sentenced to three years in prison for burning a cross to intimidate Black family, US
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 12, 2023
(CNN) A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for burning a cross in his front yard to intimidate a Black family, according to a news release from the US Justice Department.
Axel Cox, 24, was sentenced to 42 months in connection to the cross burning, which happened in December 2020 and violated the