Byron De La Beckwith

James Woods

Bobby DeLaughter, Assistant D.A. Hinds Co. Mississippi

Alec Baldwin

Myrlie Evers

Whoopi Goldberg

Dixie DeLaughter

Virginia Madsen

Ed Peters, District Attorney Hinds Co. Mississippi

Craig T. Nelson

Peggy Lloyd

Susanna Thompson*

Burt DeLaughter

Lucas Black

Charlie Crisco, Bobby DeLaughter's Assistant

William H. Macy

Benny Bennett

Lloyd 'Benny' Bennett

Benny Bennett

Lloyd Bennett

Drew DeLaughter

Joseph Tello

Claire DeLaughter

Alexa PenaVega

Medgar Evers

James Pickens Jr.

Himself

Darrell Evers

Morris Dees

Wayne Rogers

Reena Evers

Yolanda King

Charlie Evers

Bill Cobbs

Jerry Mitchell

Jerry Levine

Merrida Coxwell

Michael O'Keefe

Jim Kitchens

Bill Smitrovich

Judge Hilburn

Terry O'Quinn

Martin Scott

Rex Linn

Himself

James Van Evers

Minister

Bill Henderson

Jared Lloyd

Sky Rumph

Tommy Mayfield

Richard Riehle

Delamar Dennis

Jim Harley

Clara Mayfield

Margo Martindale

Thelma De La Beckwith

Zoaunne LeRoy

Billie DeLaughter

Bonnie Bartlett

Walter Williams

Brock Peters

Darrell (age 11)

G. Ja'ron Henderson

Reena (age 10)

Rae'ven Larrymore Kelly

Cynthia Speetgens

Finn Carter

Van (age 3)

Curtis Tyler Haynes

Grandma Caroline Moore

Diane Ladd

Hardy Lott

Andy Romano

Judge Hendrick

Richard Stahl

Bill Waller

David Carpenter

Deputy

Jordan Lund

Fred Sanders

William Howard

Grandpa Barney DeLaughter

Jerry Hardin

James Holley

Ramon Bieri

Barbara Holder

Diana Bellamy

Ralph Hargrove

Rance Howard

Thorn McIntyre

Thomas Kopache

Dan Prince

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Peggy Morgan

Sarah Hunley

Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Greg Bronson

Bob Patterson

C.R. Doan

Young Barbara Holder

Katherine Wood

Black Man

L. D. Bass Sr.

Security Guard

Monty Thomas

Sheriff McMillan

Eliott Keener

Roy Wilkins

Brandon McKennah

Waiter at Country Club

William L. Donald

Hollis Cresswell

Jim Stallings

Bomb Squad Man

Michael Strasser

Bridge Lady

Marilynn Lovell

Bridge Lady

Jill Andre

Bridge Lady

Leigh French

Press Reporter

James Marshall Wolchok

CNN Reporter

John A. Horhn

Reporter

Spencer Garrett

Reporter

Fenton Lawless

Reporter

David Armstrong

Reporter

Michael Hewes

Reporter

James Homer Best

Bennie Thompson

Thomas Barry

Louis Armstrong

Louis E. Armstrong

Himself

Ed Bryson

Herself

Maggie Wade

Assistant D.A.

J.J. Chaback

Daniel Evers-Everette

Keanan K. Evers

Cambi Evers-Everette

Nicole Evers-Everette

Keanan Evers

Dijon S. Williams

Assistant D.A.

Tracey Costello