His conviction on June 1 came exactly 41 years to the day that the men were killed. Killen, 81, was sentenced to 60 years and is in a central Mississippi prison.
Killen had been tried along with several other men in 1967 on federal charges of violating the victims’ civil rights, but the jury deadlocked. Seven others were convicted, but none served more than six years.
- Associated Press
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