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James L. Bevel. Bevel, 71, a top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. who also helped organize the Million Man March,was sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008, to 15 years in prison for incest.
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008

Open quoteWe know that the defendant is dying. Everyone dies. This defendant should die in jail.Close quote

  • GIGI LAWLESS,
  • prosecutor, arguing for a stiff sentence for the Rev. James L. Bevel, who doctors estimate has only months to live. The 71-year-old former top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. was sentenced to 15 years in prison for having sex with his then teenage daughter in the early 1990s
Photo: Loudoun County Sheriffs Office / AP | Source: AP