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Vocapedia > Miscarriages of justice > USA
the Groveland Four 1949-2021
From left, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Charles Greenlee
The three men and another man, Ernest Thomas, were charged with raping a white woman in 1949 in Florida
Photograph: State Library and Archives of Florida, via Associated Press
Four Black Men Wrongly Charged With Rape Are Exonerated 72 Years Later The men, known as the Groveland Four, were cleared on Monday after a Florida prosecutor said “a complete breakdown of the criminal justice system” led to the charges in 1949. NYT November 22, 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/
Reuben Hatcher, the jailer at left, stood with Charles Greenlee, Samuel Shepherd and Walter Irvin, three of the four men known as the Groveland Four, in August 1949.
At right is Sheriff Willis McCall, who later shot Mr. Shepherd and Mr. Irvin.
Photograph: via Gary Corsair
Florida Pardons the Groveland Four, 70 Years After Jim Crow-Era Rape Case NYT January 11, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/
the Groveland Four 1949-2021
Four Black Men Wrongly Charged With Rape Are Exonerated 72 Years Later
The men, known as the Groveland Four, were cleared on Monday after a Florida prosecutor said “a complete breakdown of the criminal justice system” led to the charges in 1949.
(...)
In 1951, Samuel Shepherd and Walter Irvin were shot by Sheriff Willis McCall, (...), while they were being taken to a pretrial hearing.
Mr. Shepherd died and Mr. Irvin survived.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/
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