Murder in defense of apartheid

A special place in hell?

A former Ku Klux Klansman convicted in the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers has sued the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Mississippi’s attorney general, claiming they conspired to suppress his rights to “defend his society and culture.” Edgar Ray Killen, a former saw mill operator and onetime preacher, is serving a 60-year sentence after his 2005 manslaughter convictions in the deaths of Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman. The federal lawsuit, filed Wednesday, seeks millions of dollars in damages and a declaration that his rights were violated when the F.B.I. allegedly used a gangster during its investigation. An F.B.I. spokeswoman had no comment.