Former Klansman found guilty of manslaughter
Conviction coincides with 41st anniversary of civil rights killings
PHILADELPHIA, Mississippi (CNN) -- Forty-one years to the day three civil rights workers were ambushed and killed by a Ku Klux Klan mob, a jury found former Klansman Edgar Ray Killen guilty of all three counts of manslaughter Tuesday.
The "Freedom Summer" killings of James Chaney, 21, Andrew Goodman, 20, and Michael Schwerner, 24, galvanized the civil rights movement.
The jury of nine whites and three blacks reached the decision after several hours of deliberations.
Killen showed no emotion as the verdicts were read. (More, please!)
Long time to get a new trial, short time to convict.
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