Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Ashcraft v. Tennessee, 322 U.S. 143 (1944), is a United States Supreme Court case.The defendant in the case, E.E. Ashcraft, was charged with hiring John Ware to murder Ashcraft's wife, Zelma Ida Ashcraft. Ashcraft and Ware confessed to the crimes and were sentenced to 99 years in the state penitentiary. Ware and Ashcraft appealed, claiming that their confessions were extorted from them. Ware, a black man, claimed that he confessed because he feared mob violence.. }
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- Ashcraft_v._Tennessee_(1944) comment "Ashcraft v. Tennessee, 322 U.S. 143 (1944), is a United States Supreme Court case.The defendant in the case, E.E. Ashcraft, was charged with hiring John Ware to murder Ashcraft's wife, Zelma Ida Ashcraft. Ashcraft and Ware confessed to the crimes and were sentenced to 99 years in the state penitentiary. Ware and Ashcraft appealed, claiming that their confessions were extorted from them. Ware, a black man, claimed that he confessed because he feared mob violence.".