Mississippi: trial of Killen set for 13 June
AP reports: Edgar Ray Killen, the reputed Ku Klux Klansman accused of killing three civil rights workers in Mississippi four decades ago, will stand trial as planned on June 13, Circuit Judge Marcus Gordon ruled Monday.
Gordon denied a defense motion to dismiss the murder charges on the basis of alleged selective prosecution of Killen in violation of the 80-year-old part-time preacher's constitutional rights.
"We will definitely have a trial on June 13," Gordon said.
Killen, who is confined to a wheelchair after shattering both his legs in a March tree cutting accident, is charged with the 1964 murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County. -- Picayune Item: Mississippi News Near the Gulf: News