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Edgar Ray Killen Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison

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Just a few minutes ago, the Judge Gordon sentenced Edgar Ray Killen to 60 years in prison for the 1964 civil rights activists murders. It was three counts of manslaughter. Good to know justice was finally served to the three victims and the families, but it is a shame to know that this man was free for 40 years. What are your reactions to this case?<P ID="signature">______________
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> Just a few minutes ago, the Judge Gordon sentenced Edgar Ray
> Killen to 60 years in prison for the 1964 civil rights
> activists murders. It was three counts of manslaughter. Good
> to know justice was finally served to the three victims and
> the families, but it is a shame to know that this man was
> free for 40 years. What are your reactions to this case?
>

I guess it's also fortunate that, in his 40 years of freedom, Killen didn't become an internationally famous pop singer, blockbuster movie or TV star, high-profile professional athlete, or influential politician. The recent history of celebrity trials in the USA seem to indicate that there are at least two levels of justice; one for rich superstars; and a much tougher standard for everyone else.
 
Too bad that theres a law against cruel and unsusal punishment - I would have knocked the punishment down to 6 months of him watching nothing but MLK jr and Malcom X speeches....

Justice was definately served in this case....<P ID="signature">______________

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> Just a few minutes ago, the Judge Gordon sentenced Edgar Ray
> Killen to 60 years in prison for the 1964 civil rights
> activists murders. It was three counts of manslaughter. Good
> to know justice was finally served to the three victims and
> the families, but it is a shame to know that this man was
> free for 40 years. What are your reactions to this case?
>

You know what's truly ironic about this whole thing? And I mean....."TRULY IRONIC"!!!.......This conviction obviously helps the State of Mississippi overcome its racist/Jim Crow past. So good for everyone living in Mississippi!!
This conviction is truly something for every citizen of that state to feel good about! Justice was served! However, the last time I checked (about 5 minutes ago, on the Internet), Mississippi still has the Confederate "Stars and Bars" on the upper-lefthand corner of its state flag! Look it up and see for yourselves, y'all!! I think that's ironic---big time!

Now I ask all of you here on this board right now, what in the name of Sam Hill is that all about??? In my opinion, them Confederate Stars and Bars represents the South's racist/segregationist/slavery past! Heck, I'm not even an African American who is a descendent of slaves, and yet I'm still offended by that symbol!!! I think given Mississippi's current state flag, it would seem to me that the State of Mississippi still has a ways to go to erase its ugly past, vis a vis its treatment of African Americans!
 
> Too bad that theres a law against cruel and unsusal
> punishment - I would have knocked the punishment down to 6
> months of him watching nothing but MLK jr and Malcom X
> speeches....
>

Ha! Yeah, make that into a movie, let Stanley Kubrick direct it, and call it "A Klockwork Klansman"
 
> Just a few minutes ago, the Judge Gordon sentenced Edgar Ray
> Killen to 60 years in prison for the 1964 civil rights
> activists murders. It was three counts of manslaughter. Good
> to know justice was finally served to the three victims and
> the families, but it is a shame to know that this man was
> free for 40 years. What are your reactions to this case?

Being down here in Mississippi, the trial has been the big story for the past two weeks. I'm surprised it ended this quickly because I was expecting it to drag on for weeks. It's great that the Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner families finally got to see justice served, though 41 years late. I wish someone the jury was able to convict on murder charges, but as long as he got some jail time (which I doubt he'll see much because of his health), it's satisfying enough.

I hope this state can finally move on and shed the negative images that continue to persist today. Heck, for those of you who never been here, I'd like to extend an invitation for you to visit. We have casinos and beaches. OK, maybe not the best beaches, but you can't find one in Nebraska.
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