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Judge Orders Edgar Ray Killen Back to Jail

HeadlineSep 12, 2005

In Mississippi, A judge has ordered Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen back to prison in connection to the killing of three civil rights workers in 1964. Killen was recently released on bond while he was appealing his manslaughter conviction. The judge accused Killen of deceiving the court about the state of his health when he asked to be released on bond.

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