The following information on Joseph Paul Franklin is presented merely as an historical account of his criminal deeds. We report and study crimes on this boiard. This factual account of event is not , in any way whatsoever meant to constitue a "call" or "incitement" to any illegal action.
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Born James Clayton Vaughn, Jr., in Mobile Alablama, Franklin was the eldest son of an alcoholic drifter who often abandoned his family for months or years at a stretch. ...accident left him with severely impaired eyesight.

Around the same time, their all-white neighborhood was racially integrated, and Franklin began to veer hard right, into the realm of pathological bigotry.

..ugly racial incidents and sporadic arrests for carrying concealed weapons. Franklin was increasingly drawn to the American Nazi Party, lapsing into the segregationist movement full-time after mother'shis death, in 1972. Moving to Atlanta, he joined the neo-fascist National States Rights Party, simultaneously holding membership in the local Ku Klux Klan. Franklin began insulting interracial couples in public

..wandering across the South and Midwest, employing 18 pseudonyms, changing cars and weapons frequently, dying his hair so often that it came close to falling out. Along the way, he killed some thirteen persons
in a frenzied, one-man war against minorities.
According to the FBI, Franklin launched his campaign in the summer of 1977, bombing a Chattanooga synagogue on July 29. Nine days later, investigators say, he shot and killed Alphonse Manning and Toni Schwenn, an interracial couple, in Madison, Wisconsin. On October 8, Gerald Gordon was killed by sniper fire as he left a bar mitzvah in the St. Louis suburb of Richmond Heights.

Harold McIver, the black manager of a fast-food restaurant in Doraville, Georgia, was working the night shift when a sniper took his life on July 22, 1979. Three months later, in Oklahoma City, another interracial couple came under attack from the itinerant gunman. ..killing black men with long-distance rifle fire in two separate attacks. shotgunned a black couple -- Arthur Smothers and Kathleen Mikula -- as they crossed a downtown bridge..joggers Ted Fields and David Martin were cut down by rifle fire..

described by prosecutors as "the closest thing to killing for sport."
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Franklin, a northern racist, is later convicted of a number of crimes including the attempted murder of Vernon Jordon, President Clinton's close personal friend and driving force in the Clinton Administration.

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Compiled from a chronology prepared by the Cincinnati Police Department

August 7, 1977 Madison, Wisconsin

Shot and killed a male black and a female white after an altercation in a shopping mall parking lot. Both shot with a handgun.

Franklin admitted to these homicides February 17, 1984. He was tried, found guilty and given two life sentences in 1985.

October 8, 1977 Richmond Heights, Missouri

Shot and killed a male white and wounded two others as they were leaving a Jewish synagogue.

Shooting was with a 30.06 Remington rifle which was left at the scene.

The shots were fired from a grassy area at the top of the synagogue parking lot. Sniper type shooting.

Franklin admitted this offense and was tried, convicted and sentenced to death by lethal injection.

March 6, 1978 Gwinette County, Georgia

Shot and wounded Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and his lawyer Gene Reaves. Shooting was sniper style. Shot with a .44 caliber rifle. Flynt was shot twice and Reaves once, both survived.

Franklin was indicted but never tried.

Franklin has since admitted to these shootings.

July 29, 1978 Chattanooga, Tennessee

Shot and killed a male black and wounded a female white companion. Shooting was with a 12 gauge pump shotgun.

Shooting occurred in a Pizza Hut parking lot. Both victims were shot once with a 12 gauge pump shotgun. The shooting was sniper style from tall grass off the parking lot.

Franklin admitted this offense after contacting investigators from jail and confessed. He was indicted and pled guilty on the eve of his trial to murder.

Franklin was sentenced to two life sentences, one for the murder and one for an unrelated armed robbery offence that occurred in 1977.

July 12, 1979 Doraville, Georgia

Shot and killed a male black manager of Taco Bell. Shooting was sniper style from an area off the rear parking lot.

Weapon used was a 30.30 savage rifle. Victim shot twice.

Franklin admitted this offense to Assistant District Attorney on March 26, 1998.

Franklin has been indicted for this murder, but has not been tried.

December 5, 1979 Dekalb County, Georgia

Shot and killed a 15 year old female white prostitute Mercedes Master.

Shot with a shotgun at close range.

Franklin picked this victim up hitchhiking, and actually lived with her for sometime before the murder.

Franklin has admitted this offense to Assistant District Attorney on March 26, 1998.

Franklin has been indicted for murder, but has not been tried.

August 18, 1979 Falls Church, Virginia

Shot and killed a 27 year old male black who was seated in a Burger King restaurant.

Sniper type shooting. Victim shot with a 30.30 rifle.

Detective met with Franklin at his request on March 10, 1997.

Franklin confessed to this murder on videotape.

October 21, 1979 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Shot and killed a male black and a female white in a shopping center parking lot.

Shooting was sniper style from a distance of 100 yards away. The male subject was struck 3 times and the female subject once. Five shots were fired and four took affect.

The weapon used was 30.06 rifle.

Franklin has been indicted for these murders, but Oklahoma has not sought to extradite him for trial.

January 11, 1980 Indianapolis, Indiana

Shot and killed a male black 19 years old who was standing in front of a Church’s Fried Chicken window.

One shot was fired sniper style, striking the victim once in the chest, the shot was fired from a distance of approximately 150 yards away.

The weapon used was a 30 caliber rifle.

Franklin has admitted to this offense and has been indicted, but Indiana has not sought to extradite him for trial.

January 16, 1980 Indianapolis, Indiana

Shot and killed a male black standing in front of a fast food convenient store with his father.

Sniper type shooting one shot to the chest of the victim.

Weapon used was the same weapon used in the January 11th shooting a .30 caliber rifle.

Shot was fired from a distance of approximately 150 yards through a plate glass window.

Franklin has been indicted for two counts of aggravated murder and is awaiting trial.

June 15, 1980 Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Shot and killed a male black and a female white walking down the street.

Sniper type shooting from a wooded area near a railroad overpass.

Male victim shot once the female was shot twice with .35 caliber rifle.

Franklin was seen driving a dark green Chevy Nova at the time of the shootings.

Franklin has admitted these homicides on April 13, 1997 and has been indicted, but the state of Pennsylvania will not extradite him.

June 25, 1980 Pocahontas County, West Virginia

Picked up two female white hitchhikers and drove to a wooded area of a park where he shot and killed them.

Murders are known as "the Rainbow Murders" locally.

Weapon used was a .44 caliber handgun.

Franklin confessed to these murders on March 1, 1984.

However there was another person charged with these offenses, and subsequently convicted (Jacob Beard).

August 20, 1980 Salt Lake City, Utah

Shot and killed two male black joggers as they were leaving a park with two female whites.

Both victims were shot multiple times, seven shots total fired.

Sniper type shooting from a distance of approximately 40 yards.

Weapon used was a 30.30 Marlin lever action rifle

Franklin’s car was observed leaving the scene a 1975 brown over brown Chevy Camaro KY license BDC678.

Franklin was charged indicted and tried both by the state on murder charges and federally on civil rights violations.

He was convicted and received two life sentences. Franklin has since admitted to these offenses on at least two occasions.

Statistics

Total number of murders Franklin has been charged with or admitted to date (June 98): 20

Total number of seriously wounded Franklin has admitted to or been indicted for to date (June 98): 6

Total number of bank robberies Franklin has admitted to or been indicted for to date (June 98): 16

Total number of bombings Franklin has been indicted for or admitted to date (June 98): 2