Edgar Ray Killen
Edgar Ray Killen, 80, waits in the courtroom as he is convicted of
manslaughter
June 21, 2005 in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Edgar Ray Killen gestures while waiting in the courtroom for a
verdict in his murder trial
June 20, 2005 in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Edgar Ray Killen confers with his wife Betty Jo Killen, as they wait
for a jury decision in
his murder trial
June 20, 2005 in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Edgar Ray Killen
Former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen smiles and waves at an
unknown family member
during a recess in the fourth day of his murder trial June 18, 2005
in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen smiles during a recess in
the fourth day of his
murder trial
June 18, 2005 in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Edgar Ray Killen
Edgar Ray Killen
Edgar Ray Killen is escorted from the Neshoba County Courthouse by
his stepson, Jerry Edwards,
after the prosecution rested in his trial June 18, 2005 in
Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Edgar Ray Killen is escorted from the Neshoba County Courthouse by
his stepson, Jerry Edwards,
after opening arguments in his trial on June 15, 2005 in
Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Edgar Ray Killen
Edgar Ray Killen enters the Neshoba County Courthouse June 18, 2005
in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Edgar Ray Killen
Edgar Ray Killen
Edgar Ray Killen is escorted from the Neshoba County Courthouse
after the prosecution rested
in his murder trial June 18, 2005 in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Edgar Ray Killen, 80, leaves the Neshoba County Courthouse after
being found guilty on
three counts
of manslaughter in the 1964 slayings of civl rights workers Andrew
Goodman, Michael Schwerner
and James Chaney on June 21, 2005
in Philadelphia, Misissippi.
Although the jury could have
found Killen guilty of murder in the case, the deadlocked jury
came
back with the lesser
charge of manslaughter, on the 41st anniversary of the deaths.
Edgar Ray Killen
Edgar Ray Killen, 80, leaves the Neshoba County Courthouse by his
stepson, Jerry Edwards,
after the jury in
his murder trial recessed for the evening on a six to six deadlock
on
June 20, 2005, in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Edgar Ray Killen leaves the Neshoba County Courthouse after
sentencing June 23, 2005
in Philadelphia,
Mississippi. Killen , 80, was convicted on June 21 in the 1964
murders
of civil rights activists Andrew
Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner.
He received three
consecutive
20 year sentences for the murders.
Edgar Ray Killen is escorted int o the Neshoba County Courthouse
before sentencing
June 23, 2005
in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Killen , 80, was convicted on June 21,
2005 in the 1964 murders
of civil rights activists Andrew Goodman, James
Chaney and Michael Schwerner.
He received three consecutive 20 year sentences for the murders.
Edgar Ray Killen
Edgar Ray Killen
Edgar Ray Killen
