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Virginia Governor pardons ‘Martinsville Seven’ Black men executed for rape 70 years ago

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Gov. Ralph Northam granted posthumous pardons for a group of Black men executed 70 years ago for allegedly raping a white woman in Martinsville, Va.

     
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