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In reply to the discussion: 55 Years Ago Today; The Murder of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner (Graphic images/language) [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(57,425 posts)28. Fourteen years ago today, Edgar Ray Killen was sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Edgar Ray Killen
Booking photo, late 1964
Criminal status: Deceased
Conviction(s): Manslaughter (3 counts)
Criminal charge: Manslaughter (3 counts)
Penalty: 60 years imprisonment
Edgar Ray Killen (January 17, 1925 January 11, 2018) was a Ku Klux Klan organizer who planned and directed the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights activists participating in the Freedom Summer of 1964.[1][2] He was found guilty in state court of three counts of manslaughter on June 21, 2005, the forty-first anniversary of the crime, and sentenced to 60 years in prison. He appealed the verdict, but the sentence was upheld on April 12, 2007, by the Supreme Court of Mississippi. He died in prison on January 11, 2018, six days before his 93rd birthday.
Booking photo, late 1964
Criminal status: Deceased
Conviction(s): Manslaughter (3 counts)
Criminal charge: Manslaughter (3 counts)
Penalty: 60 years imprisonment
Edgar Ray Killen (January 17, 1925 January 11, 2018) was a Ku Klux Klan organizer who planned and directed the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights activists participating in the Freedom Summer of 1964.[1][2] He was found guilty in state court of three counts of manslaughter on June 21, 2005, the forty-first anniversary of the crime, and sentenced to 60 years in prison. He appealed the verdict, but the sentence was upheld on April 12, 2007, by the Supreme Court of Mississippi. He died in prison on January 11, 2018, six days before his 93rd birthday.
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55 Years Ago Today; The Murder of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner (Graphic images/language) [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Jun 2019
OP
30 years. the kkk bought up 1500 radio stations for 'subtle' racism to divide, sell voter
certainot
Jun 2019
#18
i don't mind dipshits like limbaugh making millions, it's all the advertisers
certainot
Jun 2019
#37
reagan also killed the fairness doctrine and helped the KKK buy 1500 radio stations
certainot
Jun 2019
#22
Thank you for that image of Norman Rockwell's painting, Murder in Mississippi. I wonder what would
erronis
Jun 2019
#21
Thank you for remembering and posting of these young martyrs of intersectionality. n/t
Kind of Blue
Jun 2019
#8
They dug up bodies all that summer. They were all black. So they didn't matter.
hedda_foil
Jun 2019
#32
This is why we continue to fight for Civi ,Rights of ALL Americans.....
ProudMNDemocrat
Jun 2019
#12
Cannot imagine the courage/commitment it took for "Freedom Riders" to go into Mississippi. RIP
Hoyt
Jun 2019
#13
Fourteen years ago today, Edgar Ray Killen was sentenced to 60 years in prison.
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2019
#28