Truth of Mississippi Burning

Q1. For minor crimes, most states have a “statute of limitations” that prohibits bringing charges when a certain period of time has elapsed since the crime. When it comes to serious crimes, is it right for the justice system to pursue criminal charges several decades after the crime is said to have occurred?
A1.  I feel that it is right for the justice system to pursue criminal charges several decades after the crime is said to have occurred, as justice have to be carried out, and as they say, better late than never. The purpose of convicting a criminal in court is to punish him for his mistake and prevent him from making that mistake again, and if criminals that aren't caught will be safe decades after the crime is committed, that would conflict with the purpose of convicting criminals. Also, it would be deeply unfair to the victims, as they would still have to live with the physical and psychological wound of the crime.
Q2. Reporting for The Times on the conviction of Edgar Ray Killen in 2005, Shaila Dewan wrote, “While some in Neshoba County [Mississippi] said it was too late and too painful to revisit the episode, others thought that in doing so, the county might find redemption.”
What do you think: was the state’s image “rehabilitated”?
A2. Yes, I feel that the state's image was "rehabilitated", as although in the past, the criminals were not charged and/or acquitted because of the supremacy of the whites over the blacks and the prejudice of the public and the jury at that time, those criminals were now caught and acquitted, and will be punished by the law. Others will now be safer from this kind of crimes, showing that justice will eventually prevail in the face of racism.
Q3. How much do you know about the civil rights era in general?
 In general, the civil rights era is an era of massive changes and milestones in the American society, primarily due to the Civil Rights Movement, a movement consisting of both blacks and whites, calling for every American, regardless of race, to have equal human rights and protection before the law, as opposed to the extremely racist society before, which treated blacks as being inferior to whites. Although the movement is successful in many areas, in some other areas it is not very successful, and as a result, racism still exist in America today in much of the same way as neo-Nazism in Germany.