Former NC KKK Leader Who Killed Teen With Crossbow Is Denied Parole

A former North Carolina Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted of murder after he shot and killed a black teenager using a crossbow just three days after Christmas in 1992 was denied parole. Suggested Reading Why Timothée Chalamet, Druski’s Latest Internet Shenanigans Has Some Black Folks Inviting Him to the Cookout How to Show…

A former North Carolina Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted of murder after he shot and killed a black teenager using a crossbow just three days after Christmas in 1992 was denied parole.

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According to the Charlotte Observer, Russell Hinson, 56, shot 16-year-old Felicia Houston through the chest with a razor-tipped arrow as she walked down the sidewalk with her two cousins.

Hinson was convicted in 1993 and was sentenced to life in prison after an all-white jury was deadlocked on whether he should get the death penalty. On Tuesday the state Department of Public Safety denied Hinson’s parole.

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