Killen just received the maximum sentence for the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers. He may have escaped justice for 40 years, but he's going to spend the rest of his life in jail now.
Circuit Judge Marcus Gordon on sentenced Killen to 20-year terms on each of three counts of manslaughter. Gordon said the terms will run consecutively.
Killen was convicted Tuesday, 41 years after Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman were killed.
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Killen, 80, is the only person who has faced state murder charges in the case. He was tried on three murder counts, but at the request of prosecutors, Gordon allowed jurors to also consider the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.