UPDATE::White Supremacist Convicted Of Murdering 3 At Jewish Centers

UPDATED to add this intriguing critique of Miller's characterization of being a "self-identified as an atheist":

Miller, who ran for several offices including U.S. House and Senate, has been described as “one of the pioneers in the modern hate world” and “a central figure of the white power movement.”

CNN has reported that Miller is a neo-pagan who also “self-identified as an atheist,” who uses anti-Christian rhetoric.

Here I take a deep dive into that characterization, and I will explain at the end why I think it’s worth the effort.

The “Atheist” Neo-Nazi Just Convicted of Triple Murder Was No Atheist

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The man who admitted killing three people at two suburban Kansas City Jewish sites was convicted of murder and other charges Monday, shortly after he told jurors he hoped to "die a martyr" for the shootings.

It took the jury of seven men and five women just over two hours to find Frazier Glenn Miller guilty of one count of capital murder, three counts of attempted murder and assault and weapons charges.

After the verdict was announced, Miller, 74, of Aurora, Missouri, said: "The fat lady just sang." As jurors were filing out of the courtroom, he told them: "You probably won't sleep tonight."

Next, the jury will deliberate the sentence for Miller, who could get the death penalty.

White Supremacist Convicted Of Murdering 3 At Jewish Centers

Hearing Set For Frazier Glenn Cross, Suspect In Jewish Site Shootings

I'm a tad confused as this guy seems to have more names than I do socks. I'm just glad to see the wheels of justice roll along.

Seventy-three-year-old Frazier Glenn Cross, of Aurora, Missouri, is charged with capital murder in the April 13 shooting deaths of 69-year-old Dr. William Lewis Corporon, 14-year-old Reat Griffin Underwood and 53-year-old Terri LaManno.

A Kansas judge last month ordered Cross to undergo a mental evaluation after his attorneys expressed concerns about his ability to help with his defense.

Cross told The Associated Press last week that one of his attorneys said he passed the evaluation "with flying colors." Results of the evaluation were to be revealed at a hearing Thursday morning at the Johnson County Courthouse in Olathe,

Hearing Set For Frazier Glenn Cross, Suspect In Jewish Site Shootings

Pt. 2::NC sheriff probing Kansas shooter’s ties to 1987 triple slaying following Raw Story report

Last week, Raw Story brought you an in-depth report exploring accused Kansas City shooter Frazier Glenn Miller’s possible ties to a 1987 triple slaying at an adult bookstore in North Carolina. Now, investigators with the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office are traveling from North Carolina to Kansas to question Miller, according to a report this evening from Charlotte news station WBTV

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Miller was the founder of the White Patriot Party and Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. He testified in Sheets’ trial after taking a plea deal with federal investigators in a separate weapons crimes case in Missouri. Sheets’ attorneys argued it was Miller, not his client, who had no alibi for the night of the murders.

NC sheriff probing Kansas shooter’s ties to 1987 triple slaying following Raw Story report

Pt. 1::Frazier Glenn Miller’s ties to a 1987 triple slaying: Did the feds protect a killer?

On April 13, Frazier Glenn Miller was arrested after he allegedly shot and killed three people at a Jewish Community Center and a Jewish retirement center in suburban Kansas City. Within hours of the arrest, the media reported that Miller had a long history as a white supremacist and virulent anti-Semite who has spent time in prison and, more importantly, been freed in plea deals with the federal government.

Two defense attorneys tell Raw Story that Miller was working out his end of such a plea deal when he appeared as a witness for the prosecution in a murder trial nearly three decades ago. But they say it was obvious to them even then that Miller should have been considered the prime suspect in that crime — a crime that, to this day, remains unsolved.

As Miller faces charges for killing three people in Kansas City, these attorneys say it’s fair to ask the federal government – why wasn’t Miller in prison many years before this?

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Miller says in his autobiography that the federal officials approached him with a plea deal.

“I was to plead guilty to one count of felony possession of a hand grenade and answer all questions posed to me by the authorities,” he writes. “In return, they would recommend a 5-year prison sentence, immunity from any further prosecution by either state or federal authorities, and entrance into the Federal Witness Protection Program which included the financial support of my family while I served my sentence.”

Miller claims the information he provided to authorities did not result in any indictments or prison sentences. (The Southern Poverty Law Center reports that Miller testified against 14 white supremacy leaders on charges of sedition. None were convicted.)

One person Miller testified against was Doug Sheets, in a 1989 trial for the Shelby III bookstore killing.

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Lyons believes that federal authorities – and their plea deal with Miller – prevented them from looking at Miller more closely.

“If they thought [the prosecutor] had screwed up somehow, they had the right to come in behind him and file civil rights charges, by virtue of depriving the people in the bookstore of their civil rights by murdering them,” Lyons says. “That was never attempted. The problem was — and what comes back to me is — Miller got to them first and they kind of took him for all they could get out of him. My thinking is that it is very possible they just looked the other way and were not very interested in following the path to Miller and I think they should have.”


Frazier Glenn Miller’s ties to a 1987 triple slaying: Did the feds protect a killer?