DeSantis pardons Groveland Four

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Last but not least, the governor posthumously pardoned The Groveland Four.

"These black men allegedly raped a 17-year-old white girl in 1949," Murdock wrote. "They then endured mob violence, an unfair trial, cold-blooded police shootings, and what DeSantis called an overall 'miscarriage of justice.' Democrats Reubin Askew, Bob Graham, and Lawton Chiles were among the Florida governors of both parties who could have pardoned the Groveland Four, but didn’t."

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