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Lynching and violence stain Oconee county crime report
A mob lynched unidentified prisoners near Athens after a jail escape tied to fence posts and opened fire. The incident followed rumors of threats from neighboring counties and amid ongoing murder prosecutions. A separate note mentions Sandy Price’s alleged rape and a Portsmouth official's suicide after a political vote.
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