By the Arkansas Delta Peace And Justice Center
Philadelphia, Mississippi
Civil Rights Murders Case
One year ago on January 6, 2005, Edgar Ray Killen was indicted on state murder charges. He was convicted on three counts of manslaughter on June 21, 2005.
None of the many others who were complicit in the murders of the three civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, have been indicted by the state of Mississippi.
Why only Killen prosecuted?
Ten people who faced federal conspiracy to deny civil rights or other charges in the 1960s related to the murders of the three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, Mississippi are still living.
But only Edgar Ray "Preacher" Killen finally faced state charges.
Why only Killen?
What about the others?
Jimmy Arledge - presently living, Meridian, MS
Sam Bowers - presently living, Central MS Correctional Facility
Olen Burrage - presently living, Philadelphia, MS
James Thomas "Pete" Harris - presently living, Meridian, MS
Tommy Horne - presently living, Meridian, MS
Billy Wayne Posey - presently living, Meridian, MS
Jimmy Snowden - presently living, Hickory, MS
Jimmy Lee Townsend - presently living, Philadelphia, MS
Richard Willis - presently living, Noxapater, MS
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That is a good question…
Because only one had a big mouth that knew what happen that night and bragged to much. Anyone that admits what he did to the entire Neshoba County Fair should spend the rest of his life in prison. As for the others they will probably never be convicted as long as they keep quite.