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Attorney speaking at human rights banquet

The Spokesman-Review

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood will be the keynote speaker at the ninth annual Human Rights Banquet on March 20. Hood, along with Neshoba County Prosecutor Mark Duncan, helped lead a Philadelphia, Miss., jury to convict Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen in June 2005 for plotting the 1964 murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner.

Hood earned his law degree from the University of Mississippi in 1988. He was elected district attorney for the third circuit district court and served five years as the assistant attorney general of Mississippi before being elected attorney general in 2003.

Hood will be by Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden.

Highlights of the Human Rights Banquet will include recognition of Idaho and Mississippi jury victories over hate crimes in Idaho in 2000 and Mississippi in 2005. In addition, the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations will celebrate its 25th anniversary. Civil Rights Awards will be presented as well as Human Rights Education Institute Diversity scholarships to North Idaho College students.

Tickets to the banquet are $25 and are available by mailing a check by Thursday to the Human Rights Education Institute at P.O. Box 2725, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816-2725.