Civil Rights
May 16, 2017
Special prosecutor rules and the case of the Groveland Boys
It doesn't matter why the state Supreme Court rejected the rule. What matters is that prosecutors continue to seek convictions, even when they know of exculpatory evidence.
Thomas M. Hall
PO Box 49820
Los Angeles , CA 90049
Phone: (310) 231-3475
Email: TomHallFamilyLaw@aol.com
Loyola Law School
Thomas is a certified specialist in family law practicing in West Los Angeles.
On April 18, the Florida state assembly voted unanimously to formally apologize to the "Groveland Boys" for the injustices inflicted on them in repeated rape charges made against them in 1948. On April 27, the Florida state Senate also voted, unanimously, to formally apologize to the Groveland Boys.
The Groveland Boys were four black men who were accused of raping a 17-year-old white woman. On the morning after the alleged rape, the woman appeared at a gas station, calm and neatly d...
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