Scott PowersDecember 3, 2019
7min580
The four, falsely accused of rape in 1949, were pardoned in January.
Tag: exoneration
Scott PowersDecember 3, 2019Scott PowersDecember 3, 2018
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Nineteen months after the Florida Legislature apologized on behalf of the state for injustice toward four black men falsely accused of rape in 1949 and urged Gov. Rick Scott and Florida’s cabinet to expedite pardons for them, there appear to be no such pardons in the works for the Groveland Four. But there still might […]
Jim RosicaAugust 16, 2018
5min715
Incarceration isn’t supposed to be a birthright, but it’s as though it has become one for Alan Crotzer. The St. Petersburg native became a cause célèbre when, in January 2006, DNA evidence led to his exoneration of robbery and rape charges after 24 years in prison. Now, records show Crotzer — who had moved to Tallahassee after leaving prison […]
Scott PowersFebruary 14, 2017
5min228
Two South Florida lawmakers are hoping to get Florida to make some amends for one of the darkest moments of the racist Jim Crow days, with bills seeking exoneration for the so called “Groveland Four,” young black men and teenagers killed or imprisoned over false 1949 rape charges. State Rep. Bobby DuBose and state Sen. […]