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A year later, at James Fleming's trial, Randy Fleming recanted his original statements, claiming that the police had forced him to lie. The jury convicted James Fleming on conspiracy to rob Prince, acquitted him on the charge of first-degree murder, and failed to return a verdict on charges of felony
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After the murder of Christian Prince, university administrators spent millions of dollars on security infrastructure. Emergency phones and improved lighting were installed; the university police department's size was expanded and a new security force was founded.
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and attending a party at Sterling-Sheffield-Strathcona Hall, Prince left his friends and began walking to his off-campus apartment on Whitney Avenue to rest for lacrosse practice the next day. Prince was found lying on the steps of
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murder and attempted robbery. A second jury acquitted James Fleming on the latter two charges in March 1993, and Fleming was sentenced to nine years in prison.
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him, said "I ought to shoot this cracker", and then fired his gun, fatally wounding Prince. James Fleming then dropped the wallet in his haste to escape.
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In May 1991, James Duncan Fleming was arrested for Prince's murder on a tip from Randy Fleming, a non-related friend of James Fleming.
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He and James wanted money to attend a rap performance and James suggested they "stick up a
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His death stunned the campus, and more than 1,000 people attended his funeral in
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Randy Fleming was questioned by police and made these claims under oath:
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Dead Opposite: The Lives and Loss of Two American Boys
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Racially motivated violence against white Americans
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Chevy Chase, Maryland
New Haven, Connecticut
Rock Creek Cemetery
Washington, D.C.
Yale University
New Haven
town and gown
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Pierson College
Mory's
St. Mary's Church, New Haven
Hillhouse Avenue
Grove Street Cemetery
Washington, D.C.
Benno Schmidt
town-gown
cracker
pistol-whipped






"The murder that changed it all"



"Son of Privilege, Son of Pain: Random Death At Yale's Gates"
Leonhardt, David

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