LAKE CHARLES, La. -- An award-winning black journalist convicted of murder three times by all-white juries in the 1961 death of a bank teller was set free after a racially-mixed jury found him guilty of manslaughter. Wilbert Rideau, a confessed killer who gained fame for exposes of harsh Louisiana prison life, won his release Saturday after nearly 44 years in state prisons. A manslaughter conviction allows his release for time already served. Seven whites and five blacks deliberated for nearly six hours before reaching an unanimous decision. Rideau, 62, showed little emotion as the verdict was announced late Saturday night....