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Opinion: The problem with Gov. Larry Hogan's pardon for lynching victims CNN 3 days ago © Will Newton/The Washington Post/Getty Images Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's posthumous pardon of 34 Black victims of racial lynching between 1854 and 1933 exemplifies the pitfalls of substituting reparative symbols over political substance. On the surface, Hogan's blanket order comes as a welcome relief in a time of racial division. The mere acknowledgment of Maryland's role in the dehumanization of Black life represents a kind of progress. He announced the decision at a news conference for a historica...

Maryland governor posthumously pardons 15-year-old boy, 33 other racial lynching victims May 10, 2021 / 6:46 AM / CBS/AP House passes anti-lynching bill Maryland's governor has posthumously pardoned a 15-year-old boy and 33 other victims of racial lynching in the state dating between 1854 and 1933, saying they were denied legal due process against the allegations they faced. It was a first-of-its-kind pardon by a governor of a U.S. state. Gov. Larry Hogan signed the order at an event Saturday honoring Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old who was dragged from a jailhouse and hanged from a tree...

Print Associated Press Maryland's governor on Saturday posthumously pardoned 34 victims of racial lynching in the state dating between 1854 and 1933, saying they were denied legal due process against the allegations they faced. It was a first-of-its-kind pardon by a governor of a U.S. state. Gov. Larry Hogan signed the order at an event honoring Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old who was dragged from a jailhouse and hanged from a tree by a mob of white men in 1885 before his attorneys could file an appeal of a rape conviction that an all-white jury reached within minutes. “My hope is ...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan pardons 34 victims of racial lynching Brian Witte View Comments Maryland's governor on Saturday posthumously pardoned 34 victims of racial lynching in the state dating between 1854 and 1933, saying they were denied legal due process against the allegations they faced. It was a first-of-its-kind pardon by a governor of a U.S. state. Gov. Larry Hogan signed the order at an event honoring Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old who was dragged from a jailhouse and hanged from a tree by a mob of white men in 1885 before his attorneys could file an appeal of a rape conviction that a...

Brian Witte People gather to watch the installation of a historical marker that tells the story of the lynching of Porter Flournoy Turner in Atlanta's Druid Hills community, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Porter Turner was lynched near the area in August 1945. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) May 08, 2021 - 3:54 PM TOWSON, Md. - Maryland's governor on Saturday posthumously pardoned 34 victims of racial lynching in the state dating between 1854 and 1933, saying they were denied legal due process against the allegations they faced. It was a first-of-its-k...