Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Grants Posthumous Pardons to 7 Black Men Executed for the Rape of a White Woman
On Tuesday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam granted seven Black men, who were executed for the rape of a white woman in 1951, posthumous pardons after pleas for mercy from their families and as the case gained international attention as an example of how the death penalty was used almost exclusively for Black offenders.
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