'Mississippi Burning' KKK leader Edgar Ray Killen dies in prison

by reuter.com
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(Reuters) - Edgar Ray Killen, the preacher and Ku Klux Klan leader convicted and imprisoned more than 40 years after he plotted the 1964 slayings of three civil rights activists in the "Mississippi Burning" case, has died, correction officials said on Friday.

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