Scott PowersNovember 22, 2021
7min977
'It became clear to me that one could more easily describe or characterize this not as a criminal investigation but a criminal conspiracy.'
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Scott PowersNovember 22, 2021Scott PowersOctober 25, 2021
8min1144
An FDLE probe resulted in a report urging the State Attorney to seek dismissals.
Scott PowersJuly 15, 2021
11min2644
Families are growing impatient as answers appear delayed.
Staff ReportsDecember 10, 2019
4min460
Bipartisan support for the exoneration.
Scott PowersDecember 3, 2019
7min580
The four, falsely accused of rape in 1949, were pardoned in January.
Scott PowersJanuary 18, 2019
6min615
"Brutality and terrorism are the words I would use, legally sanctioned," King said.
Jacob OglesJanuary 14, 2019
6min4957
When all four of Florida’s statewide officials granted full pardons to the Groveland Four on Friday, many heralded a righting of injustice. But for the family of Norma Padgett Upshaw, the news felt like a decades-old crime had been condoned. Charlene Padgett, Upshaw’s daughter-in-law, told Florida Politics on Saturday “that case was decided before we […]
Scott PowersJanuary 11, 2019
17min618
The Groveland Four were pardoned Friday by the Florida Executive Clemency Board. The unanimous action of the board, the Florida Cabinet, came Friday nearly 70 years after one of the most infamous cases of Jim Crow-era racial injustice began, and just three days after Gov. Ron DeSantis replaced Gov. Rick Scott, who had ignored calls for […]
Scott PowersDecember 21, 2018
9min567
Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis announced late Thursday he’s ready to take up the requested pardons for the Groveland Four immediately. Though he didn’t explicitly say he’s prepared to issue the pardons, DeSantis called the Groveland Four “victims” and expressed strong sympathy with the cause seeking belated justice for four young black men falsely accused of raping a […]
Scott PowersDecember 19, 20189min498
Pardons for the Groveland Four are heading for a hearing. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis said Wednesday that he is sending a letter to the Florida Office of Executive Clemency invoking Rule 17, which allows any member of the Florida Cabinet to place a case “of exceptional merit” on the upcoming agenda of the […]