Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Michael Donald (July 24, 1961 – March 21, 1981) was a young African-American man who was murdered in 1981 in Mobile, Alabama, by two Ku Klux Klan members. The murder has been referred to as the last recorded lynching in the United States because his two attackers hung his body from a tree, in the pattern of mob lynchings.The prosecution of Donald's murder in both criminal and civil trials resulted in notable convictions and sentences. His two attackers were convicted of murder; one was sentenced to death and executed in 1997, and the younger man sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty and testifying against his partner. This was the first execution in Alabama since 1913 for a white-on-black crime. In addition, Hays was the only known KKK member to be executed during the 20th century for the murder of an African American. A third man was convicted as an accomplice, and a fourth indicted but he died before his case could be completed at trial. In the same time period, Donald's mother brought a civil suit for wrongful death against the United Klans of America, to which the attackers belonged. In 1987 the jury found the UKA guilty and awarded damages of $7 million, which bankrupted that organization. This case set a precedent in the United States for legal action against other racist groups."@en }
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- Michael_Donald abstract "Michael Donald (July 24, 1961 – March 21, 1981) was a young African-American man who was murdered in 1981 in Mobile, Alabama, by two Ku Klux Klan members. The murder has been referred to as the last recorded lynching in the United States because his two attackers hung his body from a tree, in the pattern of mob lynchings.The prosecution of Donald's murder in both criminal and civil trials resulted in notable convictions and sentences. His two attackers were convicted of murder; one was sentenced to death and executed in 1997, and the younger man sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty and testifying against his partner. This was the first execution in Alabama since 1913 for a white-on-black crime. In addition, Hays was the only known KKK member to be executed during the 20th century for the murder of an African American. A third man was convicted as an accomplice, and a fourth indicted but he died before his case could be completed at trial. In the same time period, Donald's mother brought a civil suit for wrongful death against the United Klans of America, to which the attackers belonged. In 1987 the jury found the UKA guilty and awarded damages of $7 million, which bankrupted that organization. This case set a precedent in the United States for legal action against other racist groups.".
- Q1373774 abstract "Michael Donald (July 24, 1961 – March 21, 1981) was a young African-American man who was murdered in 1981 in Mobile, Alabama, by two Ku Klux Klan members. The murder has been referred to as the last recorded lynching in the United States because his two attackers hung his body from a tree, in the pattern of mob lynchings.The prosecution of Donald's murder in both criminal and civil trials resulted in notable convictions and sentences. His two attackers were convicted of murder; one was sentenced to death and executed in 1997, and the younger man sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty and testifying against his partner. This was the first execution in Alabama since 1913 for a white-on-black crime. In addition, Hays was the only known KKK member to be executed during the 20th century for the murder of an African American. A third man was convicted as an accomplice, and a fourth indicted but he died before his case could be completed at trial. In the same time period, Donald's mother brought a civil suit for wrongful death against the United Klans of America, to which the attackers belonged. In 1987 the jury found the UKA guilty and awarded damages of $7 million, which bankrupted that organization. This case set a precedent in the United States for legal action against other racist groups.".