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A Turn-of-the-Century Lynching and the Law

In 1906, a lynch mob in Chattanooga, Tenn. murdered Ed Johnson, an innocent man. His case still has influence over modern-day legal ethics. Mark Curriden, author of "Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching That Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism", will discuss the case at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the E. J. Ball Courtroom at the University of Arkansas School of Law. His talk is free.

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.