1 thing my town of lawrenceville is known for
the historic courthouse was updated since the infamous shooting of larry flynt
Lawrenceville was one of many venues in the nation where Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt faced obscenity charges in the late 1970s. On March 6, 1978, during a lunch break in his Lawrenceville trial, he and his local attorney Gene Reeves were shot by a sniper near the courthouse. Both survived, though Flynt was seriously disabled. Imprisoned serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin claims to have been the shooter, but has never been charged in the case. A heavily fictionalized treatment of the shooting can be seen in the 1996 movie The People vs. Larry Flynt.
Lawrenceville was one of many venues in the nation where Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt faced obscenity charges in the late 1970s. On March 6, 1978, during a lunch break in his Lawrenceville trial, he and his local attorney Gene Reeves were shot by a sniper near the courthouse. Both survived, though Flynt was seriously disabled. Imprisoned serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin claims to have been the shooter, but has never been charged in the case. A heavily fictionalized treatment of the shooting can be seen in the 1996 movie The People vs. Larry Flynt.
posted by daydream believer at 1:10 PM
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I don't know, do you think these people deserve one another?
My home "town" (the London Borough of Lewisham) is really not famous for anything. It's supposed to have the cleanest streets in London, but I wonder...
The comedian Spike Milligan and Status Quo's Francis Rossi are from Lewisham. Boris Karloff was born just over the border in Peckham. I don't think we ever had a high profile murder, though we did have 2 major rail disasters, one in 1957 and the other in 1967, and Robin Gibb of the BeeGees was injured in that one.
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