"less motivated to condemn ... because he killed a bunch of liberals"?
No. It's an equally outrageous crime no matter whether the victims were liberals or conservatives. However, I'd point out that the liberals are so interested in this case because liberals were killed. If it had been conservative activists, the case probably wouldn't have been reopened, the MSM wouldn't be nearly as interested, and the liberals wouldn't care as much. It should be obvious from my posts that I am not condoning the action against the civil-rights workers. It was a horrific crime. And obviously someone murdered them. I question whether it was Edgar Ray Killen. Again, you don't give a man what amounts to a life sentence when he was only convicted of manslaughter. The only excuse for this would be if he were a danger to society.
It dismays me that so many FReepers have no interest in the points I'm making. Yesterday's outrageous, totalitarian ruling in Kelo v. New London should demonstrate what horrible danger we're in from Big Government. The Killen trial and sentencing has Orwellian aspects. It is not a defense of the defendant to point this out.
Well said!