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What are you doing to eliminate honor killing--the murder of women who allegedly have brought dishonor to their family--in Jordan?
MARION, Ala. (AP) - A former state trooper surrendered Thursday on a murder charge in the 1965 shooting death of a black man during a civil rights protest, a killing that led to the "Bloody Sunday" march and the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
The first-degree charge is for a killing that is intentional, while the second-degree charge is for one that is unintentional. Both carry a maximum penalty of life in prison.
A Perry County grand jury returned the sealed indictment against Fowler on Wednesday in the 1965 killing in Marion.
"It was the killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson that provoked the march from Selma to Montgomery. It was his death and his blood that gave us the Voting Rights Act of 1965," Lewis said in a statement. "This indictment will lead to closure. It will lead to healing. It will...