Killen Is Denied Bond While Appealing Verdict
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From Times Wire Reports
A former Ku Klux Klan leader convicted of manslaughter for orchestrating the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers has again been denied bond while he appeals his case.
Edgar Ray Killen, 80, was convicted of three counts of manslaughter June 21 -- exactly 41 years after James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman were killed while working in Neshoba County to register black voters.
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