Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1906.
It\'s not long until Dave\'s madness manifests itself, with dreadful consequences..
Despite a pending trial for first-degree murder, the sheriff releases Edwards.
He gambles on the ability of Dave Edwards, a notoriously violent inmate in his jail, to solve the high-profile cold case.
After failing to solve another shocking crime, Shipp does the unthinkable.
Desperate to save his political career and fearful of the reckoning he faces, the ambitious sheriff deteriorates under the strain of the case against him.
The infuriated high court is determined Ed Johnson\'s murder will not go unpunished, and they charge Joseph Shipp, the county sheriff, with contempt.
Despite their order, a bloodthirsty mob attacks the county jail, and lynches Johnson.
Supreme Court intervenes.
Before he can be executed, the U.
S.
Despite questionable evidence and a flawed trial, a black man named Ed Johnson is convicted of the crime and sentenced to death.
When a young white woman is assaulted in a dark cemetery, the town erupts.
Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1906
