Deryl Dedmon

Deryl Dedmon

Deryl Dedmon

Deryl Dedmon

Deryl Dedmon

Deryl Dedmon

Deryl Dedmon

Deryl Dedmon, 19, appears in the court room in Jackson, Miss., on March 21, 2012.

Deryl Dedmon, 19, charged with capital murder in the June 2011 death of 49-year-old James Craig
Anderson in Jackson, reads a letter to Anderson's family after pleading guilty to murder and
committing a hate crime, Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in Hinds County Circuit Court.
 (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, Pool)

Surrounded by his attorneys, Deryl Dedmon, 19, swears before Hinds County Circuit Judge
Jeff Weill Sr., that he has willingly entered a guilty plea to murder and committing a hate
crime in the June 2011 death of James Craig Anderson, a black man, Wednesday, March
21, 2012 in Hinds County Circuit Court, in Jackson, Miss. 
(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, Pool)

Barbara Anderson Young, sister of James Craig Anderson, who was murdered by Deryl
Dedmon, 19, reads a statement as Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Jeff Weill Sr.,
 looks on, Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in Jackson, Miss.
(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, Pool)

In this Aug. 11, 2011 photo, a pickup truck speeds past the site were authorities say James
Anderson, a black man, was deliberately run over by a white teenager in south Jackson, Miss.
(Rogelio V. Solis/The Associated Press)

The victim