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The Steve McNair Murder-Suicide — NFL Star Killed by Girlfriend
The Steve McNair case is a solved 2009 murder-suicide in which NFL quarterback Steve McNair was shot and killed by his girlfriend Sahel Kazemi in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. — Memphis 1968
The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. is a 1968 American murder case in which civil rights leader King was shot dead at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis by fugitive James Earl Ray.
When Teaching Evolution Became a Crime
In July 1925, high school teacher John Scopes stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for the crime of teaching human evolution. The case became a watershed moment in American law, pitting religious fundamentalism against scientific education and raising questions about state power over classroom instruction that persist today.
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