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Families welcome Klan conviction

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Published Date: 22 June 2005
THE families of three civil rights workers beaten and shot to death 41 years ago in Mississippi have welcomed the conviction of an 80-year-old former Ku Klux Klan man.
A jury found Edgar Ray Killen guilty of recruiting a mob to kill the three. District Attorney Mark Duncan said he still believed the prosecution had "proved murder".

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  • Last Updated: 22 June 2005 10:22 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Racism in America
 
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