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KKK Leader Sentenced to 60 Years For 1964 Killings

HeadlineJun 24, 2005

In Philadelphia Mississippi former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for orchestrating the execution of three civil rights workers in 1964. The sentencing came 41 years to the week after the disappearance and death of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. The 80-year-old Killen remains free on bond while appealing his conviction.

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