United States v. Ernest Glenn Pierce, Sr. (94-5841) and Brian Grayson Tackett (94-6234)

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1995-10-20

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S. ARTHUR SPIEGEL, District Judge. On December 6, 1991, members of the Ku Klux Klan (“Klan”) burned Barren River Baptist Church (“Church”) to the ground. After a long and heated trial, the jury convicted Ernest Pierce of solicitation and conspiracy to commit arson and Brian Tackett of arson, conspiracy, carrying a firearm in relation to a violent crime, and interstate transporta…

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