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Former KKK leader gets 60 years

ONE-TIME Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was sentenced to the maximum 60 years in prison yesterday for masterminding the 1964 deaths of three civil rights workers.

Fri, 24 Jun, 2005

Ex-Klan leader faces 60-year sentence for civil rights deaths

One-time Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was sentenced to the maximum 60 years in prison today for masterminding the 1964 deaths of three civil rights workers.

Thu, 23 Jun, 2005

'Mississippi burning' trial begins

Testimony begins today in the murder trial of Edgar Ray Killen, a one-time Ku Klux Klansman charged with killing three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964.

Thu, 16 Jun, 2005

‘Mississippi Burning’ trial jury sworn in

A jury of four blacks and 13 whites has been sworn in to hear the murder trial of Edgar Ray Killen – a one-time Ku Klux Klansman charged with killing three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964.

Wed, 15 Jun, 2005