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Edgar Ray Killen
Ku Klux Klan organizer convicted of manslaughter (1925–2018)
Edgar Ray Killen | |
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Booking photo, late 1964 | |
| Born | (1925-01-10)January 10, 1925 Philadelphia, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | January 11, 2018(2018-01-11) (aged 93) Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | KKKKleagle, Baptist Minister |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Motive | White supremacy |
| Conviction(s) | Manslaughter (3 counts) |
| Criminal penalty | De factolife imprisonment (60 years) with the possibility of parole after 20 years |
| Victims | James Chaney, 21 Andrew Goodman, 20 Michael Schwerner, 24 |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | Mississippi |
Date apprehended | January 6, 2005 (for the last time) |
Edgar Ray Killen (January 10, 1925 – January 11, 2018) was an American Ku Klux Klan organizer who planned and directed the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights activists partic Edgar Ray Killen Dies; Klansman Behind Civil Rights Workers ...
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