| NY TIMES/ Closure or something close enough |
NEW YORK — It is one of the more overworked words in America today: closure, the suggestion that a single moment or event will somehow end the abiding pain of having lost a loved one. If Osama bin Laden is ever captured, we are sure to hear talk of closure. Are we to believe that every 9/11 family will then find peace?
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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| INTERNET/ Feedback from the Democrat’s web site |
Edgar Ray Killen did his community’s bidding. It was of no little consequence that Ronald Reagan launched his successful presidential bid from here. Were it not for outside agitators he probably could have been elected to Congress and even become Majority Leader of the US Senate.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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| THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN/ And Justice for all |
Our View – Forty-one years later, justice
is finally served for Edgar Ray Killen. On June 21, 1964, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were murdered along a dark roadside in Neshoba County. Exactly 41 years later, Edgar Ray Killen became the first man to be convicted on state charges related to the horrific murders. The irony of 41 years elapsing before justice was served, at least partially, should not be forgotten.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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| THE CLARION-LEDGER/ Message found in Killen’s sentence |
Some in the national media and in the ranks of those for whom racial strife is a cottage industry chose to point to the fact that Edgar Ray Killen was convicted of three counts of manslaughter rather than murder as evidence that Mississippi is still mired in racial discord.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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| NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DAILY JOURNAL/ Common bond age, friendship not color |
There’s no dateline on this column to note where it was written. Technically, it was done in Tupelo, but the column actually originated in Philadelphia.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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| OVERVIEW/ ’64 murder trial leads town through past |
PHILADELPHIA — It’s not the kind of thing folks talk about over sweaty glasses of sweet iced tea, not in this polite little town of 7,300, where blacks and whites mostly appear to live in harmony and strangers give each other friendly nods as they pass on the courthouse square.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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| JURY/ Jurors keenly aware of trial’s
significance and symbolism |
Last Monday evening, after deliberating more than two hours, the jury reported to Judge Marcus Gordon that they were evenly divided and he dismissed them for the night. But after deliberating for nearly three more hours on Tuesday morning, they reached a unanimous verdict.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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| THE LA TIMES/ Reporter goes home to a New South |
I was one of the first two reporters to arrive in Philadelphia, Miss., in 1964, on the day Mickey Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman went missing. I was there as Newsweek’s main reporter on the Southern civil rights beat, and I went directly to the courthouse with Claude Sitton of the New York Times to question Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and Deputy Cecil Price.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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| THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE/ Visitors get helping of Southern charm |
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. — In small towns, news always travels fast. So it didn’t take long for the hordes of visitors in town for the Edgar Ray Killen trial to find out about Peggy’s Restaurant.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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| MEDIA CENTER/ Volunteer media coordinator expresses thanks to leaders |
As the Killen trial closed last week, Judge Marcus Gordon made some interesting comments about the scores of news reporters, photographers and producers that had been hard at work in Philadelphia for weeks.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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| IMPACT/ Cafe thrives, goes wireless, others suffer |
The Coffee Bean went wireless and thrived off the lunch traffic during the Edgar Ray Killen murder trial. But some downtown businesses suffered. It depends on whom you ask.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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| THE SUN HERALD/ Weight of world no longer on shoulders |
The Florida Klansman refused to give his real name.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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| Killen sentenced to 60 years |
Former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen will spend the rest of his life in prison for his part in the murders of three civil rights workers here in 1964.
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Thursday, June 23, 2005
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| DAY FOUR/ Testimony interrupted by Killen’s ills |
Edgar Ray Killen was listed in good condition Thursday after being taken by ambulance to the Neshoba County General Hospital after leaving the county courthouse complaining of discomfort in his chest and a headache, the attending physician said.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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| DAY FIVE/ Timely service remembers Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner |
Joy Porterfield remembers that morning in rural Neshoba County 41 years ago.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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| DAY SEVEN/ After lively arguments, lawyers hand jury the case |
In closing arguments on Monday afternoon before a standing-room-only courtroom in the Edgar Ray Killen trial, District Attorney Mark Duncan, in a passionate display, asked if a Neshoba County jury could convict Killen.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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| DAY THREE/ Teens experience trial firsthand, almost |
About 10 teen-agers wearing solid orange shirts shuffled out of the Neshoba County Courthouse Wednesday afternoon.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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| DAY FIVE/ Prosecution uses testimony from past |
Witnesses literally spoke from the grave through transcripts from a 1967 conspiracy case when the triple murder trial of Edgar Ray Killen got under way Friday morning.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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| DAY FOUR/ Media center: resources for body and camera |
Flat boxes of glazed and powdered donuts, Fritos, broccoli, bananas, a homemade cake. The snacks are sitting on a folding table in the corner of the old Magnolia restaurant building, waiting to be eaten by reporters covering the Edgar Ray Killen murder trial.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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| DAY FIVE/ Killen confided about crimes, ex-cop says |
Edgar Ray Killen explained when, how and where three civil rights workers were murdered the day after the crime occurred, a witness testified Friday in Killen’s murder trial.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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| Reporter’s Notebook |
While those following the Edgar Ray Killen trial on television were able to go about their daily activities while court was in recess, those stuck in the courtroom had to find other means to occupy their time during the eight-day trial.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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| DAY FOUR/ Jury mostly white |
The jury which decided the fate of Edgar Ray Killen consisted of nine whites and three blacks who work as nurses, educators, and in a variety of other professions.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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| DAY THREE/ Mistake stops
inside audio |
A mistake by Circuit Court Judge Marcus D. Gordon stopped audio recording of the opening arguments of the Edgar Ray Killen murder trial Wednesday.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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| DAY FOUR/ Widow tells of her time in the area |
Rita Schwerner Bender, a Seattle attorney, took the stand Thursday, telling the court about the work she and her late husband, Michael Schwerner, did in Mississippi. They, along with James Chaney, set up a community center in Meridian and helped blacks register to vote.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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| DAY SIX/ Killen’s alibis testify he was at funeral home |
The prosecution rested its case Saturday, calling Fannie Lee Chaney, the mother of murdered civil rights worker James Chaney, to the stand. The 82-year-old mother of five recounted the last time she saw her son in 1964.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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| DAY THREE/ Killen was Klan but didn’t kill, defense says |
Opening statements in the Edgar Ray Killen murder trial began after the jury filed into the courtroom Wednesday.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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| Klan did good, former mayor testifies |
A former Philadelphia mayor was a character witness this morning for Edgar Ray Killen and testified that the Ku Klux Klan was a peaceful organization that did some good things.
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Monday, June 20, 2005
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| Killen was at family gathering day of murder, witnesses say |
Closing arguments are expected to occur Monday in the murder trial of former Klansman Edgar Ray Killen.
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Saturday, June 18, 2005
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| Witness says Killen, Klan 'got them civil rights workers' |
Edgar Ray Killen explained when, how and where three civil rights workers were murdered the day after the crime occurred, a witness testified Friday in Killen’s murder trial.
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Friday, June 17, 2005
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| Testimony from 1967 trial heard |
Witnesses literally spoke from the grave through transcripts from a 1967 conspiracy case when the triple murder trial of Edgar Ray Killen got under way Friday morning.
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Friday, June 17, 2005
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| Killen in 'good condition' in ICU; jury to be free for Father's Day |
Edgar Ray Killen was listed in good condition after being taken by ambulance to the Neshoba County General Hospital after leaving the courthouse this morning complaining of discomforts in his chest and a headache, the attending physical said.
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
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| Highlights from testimony of Rita Schwerner-Bender |
Here are some highlights from the testimony June 16, 2005, of Rita Schwerner-Bender in the triple murder trial of Edgar Ray Killen.
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
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| Killen taken by ambulance from courthouse; proceedings delayed |
The triple murder trial of Edgar Ray Killen was interrupted today when he was taken to a hospital by ambulance.
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
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| Audio muted for opening statements in Killen trial |
Audio for the opening statements in the Edgar Ray Killen murder trial Wednesday was muted, apparently inadvertently.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
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| Jury expected to be seated after noon today |
As the jury selection process in the triple murder trial of Edgar Ray Killen entered its third day in the Neshoba County Courthouse today, outside a former civil rights worker recounted the night in 1964 he almost rode with James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman to investigate a church burning in Philadelphia.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
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| Testimony could start
today in Killen trial |
During a break in jury selection on Tuesday in the triple murder trial of Edgar Ray Killen, in the hush of the spacious main courtroom of the Neshoba County Courthouse, the widow of a man he is accused of killing and the brother of another sat rows apart from two Ku Klux Klansman, the wife of the accused and his stepson.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
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| Testimony could start
today in Killen trial |
During a break in jury selection on Tuesday in the triple murder trial of Edgar Ray Killen, in the hush of the spacious main courtroom of the Neshoba County Courthouse, the widow of a man he is accused of killing and the brother of another sat rows apart from two Ku Klux Klansman, the wife of the accused and his stepson.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
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| Jury selection begins in Killen trial; testimony could start Thursday, judge says |
Testimony is not likely to begin under Thursday morning in the triple murder trial of Edgar Ray Killen, 41 years after one of the most infamous incidents of the civil rights era, a circuit court judge said Monday.
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Monday, June 13, 2005
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| A calm
pervades square |
Downtown Philadelphia was calm outside the plastic orange barricades surrounding the Neshoba County Courthouse early this week.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
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| Media
descend
for trial |
Eight reporters stood in front of defense attorney James McIntyre outside the Neshoba County Courthouse early Monday morning. Two pointed TV cameras at the man; the others stared down at notepads, scribbling shorthand while McIntyre answered questions.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
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| Klansmen ‘not here looking for trouble’ |
The leader of a Mississippi Ku Klux Klan group says its members have been asked to stay away from Philadelphia because they fear any organized protest would hurt the case of Edgar Ray Killen, who is accused of the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
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| Jury aides have historic civil rights ties |
Two Atlanta jury consultants, who provided input in jury selections during two other civil rights murder cases from the 1960s in which convictions were obtained, have volunteered their services to the prosecution in the Edgar Ray Killen triple murder trial which got under way here on Monday.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
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| ‘Nightline:’ Wounds healing in Philadelphia |
Viewers watching ABC’s Nightline segment last Friday evening saw with their own eyes a Neshoba County radically different from the stereotypical image from Freedom Summer perpetuated by so many television shows.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
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