Deryl Dedmon 's , 22 , and Shelbie Richards , 21 , pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit the 2011 hate crime - Graves got five years , Richards received eight . The women were among 10 white teens who left a party in Rankin County to find black men to assault in Jackson , which they called 'Jafrica ' Both women were in Sarah Graves truck when he fatally ran over James Craig Anderson , 47 , in June 2011 .
Sarah Graves , 22 , and Shelbie Richards , 21 , pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit the 2011 hate crime - Graves got five years , Richards received eight . The women were among 10 white teens who left a party in Rankin County to find black men to assault in Jackson , which they called 'Jafrica ' Both women were in Deryl Dedmon 's truck when he fatally ran over James Craig Anderson , 47 , in June 2011 .