Pardons

Friday December 20, 2019

Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin defends pardoning and commuting sentences for more than 400 convicted people in his final days in office. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption

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Law

Ex-Kentucky Gov. Defends Controversial Pardons For Child Rapist, Murderer

December 20, 2019 • Matt Bevin told Kentucky station WHAS Thursday: "If you had been repeatedly sexually violated, as a small child, by an adult, there are going to be repercussions of that physically and medically."

Friday January 11, 2019

Accused Of Florida Rape 70 Years Ago, 4 Black Men Get Posthumous Pardons

(From left) Lake County, Fla., Sheriff Willis McCall and an unidentified man stand next to Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Charles Greenlee. The three were accused of rape in 1949, along with a fourth man. They were all pardoned Friday. State Library and Archives of Florida via AP hide caption

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State Library and Archives of Florida via AP

National

Accused Of Florida Rape 70 Years Ago, 4 Black Men Get Posthumous Pardons

January 11, 2019 • The new governor said the arrests and trials, and in two cases the killings, of the Groveland Four were unjust. Families of the men had worked for the pardons. The accuser maintained she did not lie.