Mississippi Burning

Post by **BlueChair** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:56 am

Glad to hear justice has finally been served, even if it's 41 years too late:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/21/missi ... index.html

SoLikeCandy · Post by **SoLikeCandy** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:17 pm

My father was born in 1952, in southern Mississippi, and remembers being afraid of white people because of what they could do to him and his family. I hate to say it, but I agree with him: justice delayed is justice denied. A guilty verdict--on MANSLAUGHTER!--won't bring those three men back. Still, it's a start, and an acknowledgment.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:52 pm

According to NPR the jury is currently split 50/50...the judge asked them to keep trying for a verdict.

Without really knowing anything about the details of the case the prosecutor had aganist Killen, it nevertheless makes me sad that this crime -- and thousands of others less well known because their were no white victims -- may just sort of linger. Cases like this are especially chilliing because the "crime" the victims were executed for was exercising their first amendment rights.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:02 pm

Way too little, way too late, and yet better than nothing. Now THAT is sad.

SoLikeCandy · Post by **SoLikeCandy** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:31 pm

Sixty years for an 80-year-old man. I can't say that I'm not pleased:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/23/missi ... index.html

Post by **BlueChair** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:56 pm

Death in prison for someone who has eluded jail time for half of his life sounds good to me.

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:04 pm

i would have preferred a little public bullwhipping prior to incarceration.