'Groveland Four' Charges Dropped 70 Years Later
Four young African American men who were wrongly accused of raping a white woman more than seven decades ago were cleared of the charges.
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It's over: Groveland Four win full posthumous exoneration in Florida
The Groveland Four on Monday were exonerated in Tavares, Florida, 72 years after the four Black men were falsely accused of raping a white woman.
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4 Young Black Men Exonerated in 1949 Florida Rape Case That Led to 2 Being Gunned Down
"We followed the evidence to see where it led us, and it led us to this moment," said a local state attorney who moved to have them exonerated.
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Judge could right a 72-year-old wrong in notorious rape case of Groveland Four
A 72-year-old racial injustice could be corrected this morning when a judge in Lake County hears a prosecutor’s extraordinary petition to set aside the 1949 rape indictment and convictions which destroyed the lives of four young Black men who came to be known to the nation as the “Groveland Four.”
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Florida clears Groveland Four of 1949 rape of white woman
A judge has officially exonerated four young African American men of the false accusation that they raped a...
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