Retroactive Justice: “Groveland Four” Honored With Monument After Being Pardoned From 1949 Rape Allegation
Source: Orlando Sentinel / Getty Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Earnest Thomas were accused of raping then-17-year-old Norma Padgett in 1949 after she alleged that they attacked her and her husband in Groveland, Florida. Padgett said two of the men stopped to help and the two others showed up to fight and commit … Read moreRetroactive Justice: “Groveland Four” Honored With Monument After Being Pardoned From 1949 Rape Allegation