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14

The Trial of Sheriff Joseph Shipp

Lecture no. 14 from the course: The Great Trials of World History and the Lessons They Teach Us

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Taught by Professor Douglas O. Linder | 31 min | Categories: History

Go back to March 1909, when the Supreme Court assembled to do something it had never done before and would never do again: listen to closing arguments in a criminal case. Learn how Sheriff Joseph Shipp's trial impacted the act of lynching and its relationship to the rule of law....