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lynching

noun as in hanging

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What follows is a surreal adventure complete with harrowing eugenics experiments and lynchings, hair’s-breadth escapes and unlikely alliances.

This breathtakingly ambitious show tells the story of the 1913 trial of Leo Frank, a gross miscarriage of justice that culminated in his antisemitic lynching.

The lynching of Frank was a precipitating moment for the rise of the KKK in the early 20th century.

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He sued CNN for defamation last month, comparing their report to a "digital lynching."

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Robinson's defamation lawsuit — filed in Wake County, North Carolina earlier this week — called the story a "digital lynching."

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