James Keegstra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician, anti-Semite and Holocaust denier
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Place of Birth: Vulcan, Alberta, Canada
About James Keegstra
- James "Jim" Keegstra (March 30, 1934 – June 2, 2014) was a public school teacher and mayor in Eckville, Alberta, Canada, who was charged and convicted of hate speech in 1984.
- The conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeal of Alberta but reinstated by the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Keegstra.
- The decision received substantial international attention and became a landmark Canadian legal case upholding the constitutionality of Canada's hate speech laws.
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