‘Mississippi Burning’ KKK leader Killen dies in prison at 92
Edgar Ray Killen, a 1960s Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted decades later in the “Mississippi Burning” slayings of three civil rights workers, has died in prison at the age of 92, the state’s corrections department announced Friday.
Convict in 1964 civil-rights deaths won’t confess
Craggy-faced and ornery, Edgar Ray Killen bears the signs of his 89 years.
Supreme Court denies Killen second look
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a rehearing request from Edgar Ray Killen, convicted in 2005 for the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi.
Killen asks Supreme Court for second look
Edgar Ray Killen, convicted in 2005 for the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to look again at his motion for a new trial.
Court rejects ‘Miss. Burning’ case appeal
JACKSON — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of Edgar Ray Killen, convicted in 2005 for the 1964 slayings of three civil rights
Killen appeal before U.S. Supreme Court
JACKSON — The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Friday whether to hear an appeal from a former Ku Klux Klansman convicted in the 1964 slayings