With any luck Edgar Ray Killen will die in a Mississippi prison. The old Klansman got 60 years today.
He will be held in a cell by himself, separated from other prisoners under an administrative protection status reserved for those at risk of retaliation from other inmates.
"It's kind of a race issue, in that our (prison) population is 70 percent black," Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps said.
Does anyone get the irony of that statement?
Killen will be allowed out his cell only for an hour a day on weekdays, to shower or exercise, Epps said.
The state has been patting itself on the back for bringing the case to a conclusion.And it only took 41 years!
How many white racist murderers of civil rights activists have been allowed to live their lives in freedom, while Mississippi's prison population "is 70% black?"
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