In this Jan. 7, 2005 photo, Neshoba County circuit judge Marcus Gordon stands outside the Neshoba County Courthouse in Philadelphia. Gordon, who presided over the “Mississippi Burning” trial in 2005, died Thursday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) By Emily Wagster Pettus Associated Press JACKSON – The state judge who presided over the “Mississippi Burning” trial in 2005 has died. Retired Mississippi Circuit Judge Marcus Gordon died Thursday at St.