Tag: May 1962
Perry Parker, Murder, California 2025
It’s a cold, calculated fate that awaits Perry Parker, a man who’s about to take the ultimate fall for his crimes. On May 21, 1962, the Mississippi State Supreme Court made it official: Parker’s death sentence for helping to rob and strangle Rufus Charles Braddock, a vacationing factory worker from Laurel, was upheld. The court’s…
James McDougal, Savings and Loan Scandal, Alabama 1990
A damning list of 13 names was revealed yesterday in Montgomery County, shedding light on the depths of corruption within the county’s savings and loan associations. Among those indicted are high-ranking officials from the four associations closed in the Silver Spring-Chevy Chase area since last fall. Related Federal Cases Webster Embroiled in Money Laundering Scandal:…
Luke Charles Moore, Appointed US Marshal, Washington DC, 1962
In a groundbreaking move, President John F. Kennedy has appointed Luke Charles Moore, a 38-year-old native of Collinsville, Illinois, as the second African American to serve as a US marshal in the continental United States. Moore, currently an assistant US attorney in the District of Columbia, will succeed James P. McShane as marshal for the…
