A Murder in Red Clay Mud - January 6 2023

January 6th: Edgar Ray Killen Indicted (2005)
Sometimes it takes a hell of a lot of work, patience, and time to finally get justice for a horrific crime. On January 6th 2005 a man was indicted decades after the crime was committed in a civil rights murder that shocked the citizens of Mississippi. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Ray_Killen, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/obituaries/edgar-ray-killen-convicted-in-64-killings-of-rights-worker-dies-at-92.html, https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/12/577664811/edgar-ray-killen-dies-klansman-behind-civil-rights-workers-murders-in-1964, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/edgar-ray-killen-convicted-1964-mississippi-burning-killings-dies-92-n837171, https://famous-trials.com/mississippi-burningtrial, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/01/12/heres-what-happened-the-day-a-former-kkk-leader-was-finally-convicted-for-the-mississippi-burning/

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January 6th: Edgar Ray Killen Indicted (2005)

Sometimes it takes a hell of a lot of work, patience, and time to finally get justice for a horrific crime. On January 6th 2005 a man was indicted decades after the crime was committed in a civil rights murder that shocked the citizens of Mississippi. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Ray_Killen, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/obituaries/edgar-ray-killen-convicted-in-64-killings-of-rights-worker-dies-at-92.html, https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/12/577664811/edgar-ray-killen-dies-klansman-behind-civil-rights-workers-murders-in-1964, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/edgar-ray-killen-convicted-1964-mississippi-burning-killings-dies-92-n837171, https://famous-trials.com/mississippi-burningtrial, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/01/12/heres-what-happened-the-day-a-former-kkk-leader-was-finally-convicted-for-the-mississippi-burning/

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