Byron De La Beckwith

Byron De La Beckwith
De La Beckwith in 1973
Born	(1920-11-09)November 9, 1920 Sacramento, California, U.S.
Died	January 21, 2001(2001-01-21) (aged 80) University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
Occupation	Salesman
Criminal status	Deceased
Conviction(s)	Murder
Criminal penalty	Life imprisonment

Byron De La Beckwith Jr. (November 9, 1920 – January 21, 2001) was an American white supremacist and member of the Ku Klux Klan who murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi.

In 1964, he was tried twice on a murder charge in Mississippi. The all-white male juries each ended in hung juries, and De La Beckwith went free. In 1994, based on new evidence, he was tried again. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.