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Monday, April 22, 2013
Nine young black men accused of raping two white women in 1931 have formally been exonerated. Governor Robert Bentley on Friday held a ceremonial signing of a joint resolution that formally exonerates the Scottsboro Boys. Bentley also signed Senate Bill 97, a measure that establishes a framework for posthumous pardons for the nine men.
Bentley signed the legislation at the Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center in Scottsboro. Bentley said in a release last week that “we cannot take back what happened. But we can make it right moving forward.” He said it is important to clear the boys’ names.
All but one of the Scottsboro Boys were convicted and sentenced to death. In later retrials, one of the accusers admitted to lying about the rape allegations. Charges on some of the boys were dropped while others were still convicted in retrials. Research over the years has concluded that the boys were, indeed, wrongfully accused and convicted.
The last surviving Scottsboro Boy, Clarence Norris, died in 1989. The exonerations by Governor Bentley all come posthumously.
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