Hate crime： Black man with PhD sent noose and pictures of lynchings to interracial couple

2012 - An interracial couple received a noose in the mail, with pictures of lynching - and more.

What's even more shocking is the fact that the man who sent the items is not only black himself, but holds a PhD. "When I opened the letter up, first thing I saw was a noose," Carl Smith told My FOX Detroit. "I opened it up further and it was like four pages of hate mail. People being hung, black guys, Nicole [Brown] Simpson getting her throat cut, and I was terrified."

Smith and his wife, Susan, contacted the FBI who requested that they send the items over. Upon further investigation detectives were able to find DNA on the noose, which allowed them to pinpoint the culprit.

Glenn E. Morgan got 90 days in prison.

In light of the situation, Mr. Smith blasted Morgan for "ruining my life," while his wife came out of the incident with a different perspective "I love this man and there's nobody in the world that's gonna make me change the way I feel about my husband, whether he's black or whether he's white."