Lynch articles
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Judge Lynch once ruled Madera County
For The Madera TribuneThis photograph of Spring Valley School in O’Neals was taken in 1894, one year after Victor Adams was hanged from a tree just up the road from the school. His body was left hanging for two days, and youngsters walking to school no doubt contemplated the consequences of breaking the law.Madera County has generally been a law-abiding place. Most of the time, law and order has prevailed. Every once in a while, however, the people have taken things in their own hands by using...
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"What About Udaipur Tailor?" Supreme Court Asks Amid Plea Over Lynchings
The killing of Kanhaiya Lal- the tailor hacked to death outside his shop in broad daylight in Rajasthan's Udaipur in June 2022 - featured in the Supreme Court Tuesday, as it heard a PIL against increasing mob violence against minorities.
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Jessica Lynch to help state with new women veterans program
Wirt County native, former prisoner of war, appears with Gov. Jim Justice at media briefing.