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The trial of reputed Ku Klux Klan member Edgar Ray Killen began on Monday with jury selection in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Killen is charged in connection with the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers. About...

Lawyers for former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers filed a motion Friday asking for a lesser sentence for his fraud conviction in March. The motion included support from Ebbers' family members, friends, and former employees in...

An 80-year-old man reputed to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan will stand trial starting Monday for the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers. Edgar Ray Killen is charged with...

US District Judge Tom S. Lee ruled Wednesday that Mississippi's law restricting abortions performed after the first-trimester violates the Fourteenth Amendment. The Jackson Women's Health Organization challenged a July 1, 2004 amendment to Mississippi Code § 41-75-1 ...

In hopes of finding clues about his 1955 murder , FBI personnel Wednesday began unearthing a concrete vault containing the remains of Emmett Till . FBI spokesman Frank Bochte said that the reason for exhumation...

Mississippi state Attorney General Jim Hood announced Monday that under the terms of a settlement agreement with the state telecommunications giant MCI will hand over $100M cash to cover back taxes owed by its predecessor,...

FBI officials announced Wednesday that the body of Emmett Till will be exhumed in upcoming weeks to determine the cause of his death and uncover evidence that could lead authorities to accomplices in his 1955 murder [PBS...

In Friday's environmental law news, the Indonesia Supreme Court has ruled that the detention of five Newmont Mining Co. executives last year was legal. The officials had been held in jail without charge for over 30 days...

A Mississippi judge delayed Thursday the murder trial of a reputed Ku Klux Klansman who is charged with the notorious Mississippi Burning killings of 1964 due to scheduling conflicts and the desire to allow defense attorneys to...

A Mississippi judge set bond at $250,000 Wednesday for Edgar Ray Killen , an alleged former KKK member charged with the murders of three civil rights workers in 1964. The judge also ordered a March 28 trial...