Tag: October 1956
James Earl Ray, Murder, Tennessee 1968
In a desperate bid to avoid the ultimate penalty, 14 defendants from across the United States are counting on the nation’s top court to grant them a stay of execution. The United States Supreme Court has been petitioned to intervene in the cases, which involve a range of crimes committed in various states. The plea…
C.A. Scott, Editorial Mismanagement, Atlanta GA, 1932
Audit trails have revealed that the Atlanta Daily World’s founder and publisher, C.A. Scott, oversaw editorial mismanagement for nearly six years, from August 5, 1928 to February 7, 1934. The investigation exposed a web of impropriety, with Scott at its center. As the mastermind behind the newspaper’s daily publication, Scott’s grip on editorial control was…
