Mississippi Burning Trial

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An 80-year-old former Ku Klux Klansman collapsed in court and was carried out on a stretcher on the first day of his trial for murderng three civil rights workers in 1964.

Edgar Ray Killen is accused of carrying out the killings made notorious in the film Mississippi Burning. He was taken to a hospital to be treated for high blood pressure, said District Attorney Mark Duncan, who said he had no other details. Mr Killen was sitting up on the stretcher as he was loaded into the ambulance.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11...1657111,00.html

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1. What a shame

Maybe the free republic will send a get well card to their fellow member of bush's base.

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2. Here is a question

If he is convicted? What type of sentence will get since his old ass is currently 80. I am guessing he doesnt have too much time on the clock left


You think??

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3. Look

Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was taken to hospital today for an undisclosed health problem and was being examined by doctors.
A Pinochet spokesman, retired General Guillermo Garin, said the 89-year-old former ruler's condition was apparently not serious.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/pinochet/Story/0,11993,1487992,00.html