What you do today when you go into that jury room is going to echo throughout the history of Neshoba County from now on, ... You can either change the history that Edgar Ray Killen and the Klan wrote for us, or you can confirm it.
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The court didn't have the true facts that it needed to reach a decision and I think now that the judge knew the true condition of Mr. Killen, he was justified in what he did.Mark Duncan
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