Yep. The 'alleged' perpetrator of the 1964 kidnapping, which was the inspiration for Mississippi Burning has been exonerated.
Sort of.
Convicted in June 2007, the federal appeals court agreed with his argument that he should never have been tried since the statute of limitations had passed.
There you go.
Black man gets nominated for President. Klansman gets his conviction overturned.
The symmetry could not be neater.