A Mississippi man was sentenced to 36 months in prison Tuesday for burning a cross next to the home of an African American youth in order to intimidate residents of a predominantly black neighborhood of Keys Hill. Graham Williamson, 38, pleaded guilty in August to charges of violating federal housing rights protections and starting a fire for the commission of a felony. At the plea hearing on August 5, Williamson explained to U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael T. Parker he felt burning the cross was a misunderstood effort to rescue the black family from having their house burned down entirely by co-conspirator Louie Bernard Revette.