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Ray Killen Guilty of Manslaughter
AP ^ | 6/21/05 | Misterrob

Posted on 06/21/2005 9:37:38 AM PDT by misterrob

Robert Byrd's former compatriot was found guilty of manslaughter....


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: edgarraykillen; kkk; klan; raykillen; robertbyrdshomie
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To: ariamne

No problem.


81 posted on 06/21/2005 12:07:25 PM PDT by truthluva
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To: newzjunkey

According to "local Mississippi news" last night, they were hopelessly deadlocked on the murder charge only.


82 posted on 06/21/2005 12:13:12 PM PDT by onyx (Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
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To: AzaleaCity5691

Opening salvo? Where have you been? Oh, I see, right next door in Alabama. Hood's ambitions almost exceed his arrogance.


83 posted on 06/21/2005 12:16:51 PM PDT by onyx (Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
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To: Jaded
Not originally. The KuKluxKlan was originally a social club. But after a few years of drink and being over run by carpet baggers and "free slaves" that the North didn't want so they stayed in the south, major economic depression.... anger and brew. It was much easier to blame the weak than rise up against the North and be crushed.

My understanding is there there were two separate Ku Klux Klans. The original one was formed immediately after the Civil War, and was led by the Confederate hero Nathan Bedford Forrest. This organization was eventually disbanded on Forrest's orders. Then after some time, a second organization was formed using the same name.

84 posted on 06/21/2005 12:16:58 PM PDT by rogue yam
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To: rogue yam

But still the ugly thing that it became...


85 posted on 06/21/2005 12:20:57 PM PDT by Jaded (Hell sometimes has fluorescent lighting and a trumpet.)
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To: rogue yam

I think you were reading my posts and yes...equal justice for ALL, not the politically correct few.

I do think some on here see or hear the words Klu Klux Klan and automatically assume it's true and the person MUST be guilty. That is where I have a difference of opinion. If the evidence is solid--convict him. If not--let him go.

I also don't buy into the "well, things were wrong back then so it's okay to be wrong now" malarky. Do it right or don't do it at all. If you are down in this part of the country you here a lot more of what this case was about. At best the case was flimsy. This jury made a comprised decision.


86 posted on 06/21/2005 12:21:07 PM PDT by truthluva
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To: M. Espinola


Get lost. You do nothing but troll threads looking to aggravate.


88 posted on 06/21/2005 12:32:09 PM PDT by onyx (Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
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To: truthluva
I think you were reading my posts and yes...equal justice for ALL, not the politically correct few...I do think some on here see or hear the words Klu Klux Klan and automatically assume it's true and the person MUST be guilty. That is where I have a difference of opinion. If the evidence is solid--convict him. If not--let him go...I also don't buy into the "well, things were wrong back then so it's okay to be wrong now" malarky. Do it right or don't do it at all. If you are down in this part of the country you here a lot more of what this case was about. At best the case was flimsy. This jury made a comprised decision.

You'll have to explain the injustice to me.

The first trial deadlocked 11-1 on Killen. 11 guilty, 1 that refused to vote to convict not because of doubt, but because he refused to send a Preacher to jail. Sounds to me like justice was ill served

This trial, as I understand it they deadlocked on the more serious charge of murder, thus settled on manslaughter. In relatively short order. I don't see any evidence that they "compromised" at all, other than on the greater charge.

89 posted on 06/21/2005 12:34:49 PM PDT by SJackson (Israel should know if you push people too hard they will explode in your faces, Abed. palestinian)
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To: onyx

Justice!


90 posted on 06/21/2005 12:47:03 PM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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To: SJackson

Based on the evidence of paid witnesses this trial verdict is a compromised verdict. Not a single witness placed him at the crime. It's a compromise. Ironically concluded on the anniversary of the crime. Hmm


91 posted on 06/21/2005 1:06:07 PM PDT by truthluva
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To: wingnutx

Glad he was found guilty. I think he deserved murder in the 1st myself, but, better justice late than justice never.


92 posted on 06/21/2005 1:07:40 PM PDT by Alexander Rubin (You make my heart glad by building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
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To: camle
well, if he did then he deserved to get convicted. perhaps i'm cynical but i keep wondering why this has to happen now.




Because the AG Jim Hood wants to be the Gov of
the Great State of Mississippi . That's why !
93 posted on 06/21/2005 1:08:35 PM PDT by WKB (A closed mind is a good thing to lose.)
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To: Numbers Guy
Hopelessly deadlocked on the murder charge. Obviously those voting to acquit on murder were okay with the manslaughter charge and in the end, the jury went with manslaughter



Indications are there never was a question of guilt
or innocence the question was Murder or Manslaughter.
94 posted on 06/21/2005 1:10:34 PM PDT by WKB (A closed mind is a good thing to lose.)
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To: SJackson

That's the why I see it. Good post.


95 posted on 06/21/2005 1:13:33 PM PDT by ariamne (reformed liberal--Shieldmaiden of the Infidel)
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To: truthluva
Not a single witness placed him at the crime.

Not a single witness placed Charles Manson at the Tate/Polanski house. Given that Manson ordered the murders, whether or not he was there was utterly irrelevant. Same with Killen.

96 posted on 06/21/2005 1:18:06 PM PDT by Numbers Guy
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To: ariamne

why = way.

Bad spelling day.


97 posted on 06/21/2005 1:19:02 PM PDT by ariamne (reformed liberal--Shieldmaiden of the Infidel)
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To: misterrob

No sympathy for him. He should have been convicted 40 years ago.


98 posted on 06/21/2005 1:19:26 PM PDT by richmwill
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To: truthluva
Based on the evidence of paid witnesses this trial verdict is a compromised verdict. Not a single witness placed him at the crime. It's a compromise. Ironically concluded on the anniversary of the crime. Hmm

See post 65. Paid witnesses, old testimony, informants. Not a single living witness placing him at the crime. A quick search will get you plenty of info on the case.

Should Hansen go free?

99 posted on 06/21/2005 1:33:59 PM PDT by SJackson (Israel should know if you push people too hard they will explode in your faces, Abed. palestinian)
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To: M. Espinola


Indeed. And for you, it was swift.


100 posted on 06/21/2005 1:34:02 PM PDT by onyx (Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
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