Indictment of 1898 lynching victim overturned in Albemarle County
Before his killing, The Daily Progress quoted John Henry James as saying, “Before God, I am innocent."
Source: richmond.com
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Before his killing, The Daily Progress quoted John Henry James as saying, “Before God, I am innocent."
This 1898 lynching is a window in time," said UVa scholar Jalane Schmidt.
"It certainly doesn't undo the injustice, but it is a kind of belated recognition by the judicial system that a wrong was committed."