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 …

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, …

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. Circuit Court Judge Marcus Gordon …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. Two-term Mayor …

Closing arguments are expected to occur Monday in the murder trial of former Klansman Edgar Ray Killen. The prosecution rested its case today, calling Fannie Lee Chaney, the mother of murdered …

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. A school teacher and …

The triple murder trial of Edgar Ray Killen was interrupted today when he was taken to a hospital by ambulance. The 80-year-old Killen was suffering from high blood pressure and diffficultly …

Here are some highlights from the testimony June 16, 2005, of Rita Schwerner-Bender in the triple murder trial of Edgar Ray Killen. Bender, a Seattle attorney, told the court about the work she …

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, …

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 …

Downtown Philadelphia was calm outside the plastic orange barricades surrounding the Neshoba County Courthouse early this week. Inside the orange ring, the dozens of police officers, journalists, …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …