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Ell Persons was a black man who was lynched on 22 May 1917, after he was accused of having raped and decapitated a 15-year-old white girl, Antoinette Rappel, in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. He was arrested and was awaiting trial when he was captured by a lynch party, who burned him alive and scattered his remains around town, throwing his ...
Shipp, 203 U.S. 563 (1906) (along with decisions at 214 U.S. 386 (1909), and 215 U.S. 580 (1909)), were rulings of the Supreme Court of the United States with regard to Sheriff Joseph F. Shipp and five others of Chattanooga, Tennessee, having "in effect aided and abetted " the lynching of Ed Johnson. [1] They were held in contempt of court and ...
Taken from the custody of the county sheriff and burned alive. [67] Seven men: African-American: Mount Vernon: Posey: Indiana: 1878: Accused of rape: Largest recorded lynching in Indiana. No one was ever indicted. Easley, Albert: 13–14: African-American: Jacksonville: Calhoun: Alabama: 1879: Alleged assault and rape of a white woman
Casey White prison escape. The prison escape of Casey White took place on April 29, 2022, when White, who was awaiting trial in a capital murder case, escaped the Lauderdale County Jail in Florence, Alabama, United States. Corrections officer Vicky White (no relation) engineered and facilitated the escape by taking Casey in a car to what she ...
August 6, 2024 at 10:15 PM. Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden lost his reelection bid in Tuesday’s primary, signaling discontent among a majority of Republican voters over his long-running ...
Jackie and Kenneth Johnson sued for defamation, and defendant's legal expenses. (dismissed – costs of $292,000 assessed against Johnson' family and their attorney) On January 11, 2013, the body of Kendrick Johnson (October 10, 1995 – January 10, 2013) was discovered inside a vertical rolled-up mat in the gymnasium of Lowndes High School in ...
On January 31, 2018, a Randolph County sheriff's deputy showed up at Greg and Teresa Almond's house in Woodland, Alabama, to serve Greg court papers in a civil matter. The deputy reported that he ...
Grace Kelley. Wynonna Judd 's daughter Grace Kelley's mugshot has been released by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office following her Georgia arrest earlier this month. Judd's daughter, 28, was ...