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    Edgar Ray Killen

    Ku Klux Klan organizer convicted of manslaughter (1925–2018)

    Edgar Ray Killen

    Booking photo, late 1964

    Born(1925-01-10)January 10, 1925

    Philadelphia, Mississippi, U.S.

    DiedJanuary 11, 2018(2018-01-11) (aged 93)

    Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi, U.S.

    Occupation(s)KKKKleagle, Baptist Minister
    Criminal statusDeceased
    MotiveWhite supremacy
    Conviction(s)Manslaughter (3 counts)
    Criminal penaltyDe factolife imprisonment (60 years) with the possibility of parole after 20 years
    VictimsJames Chaney, 21
    Andrew Goodman, 20
    Michael Schwerner, 24
    CountryUnited 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