Northam grants posthumous pardons to the Martinsville Seven, Black men executed in 1951 for rape
The Virginia case had become civil rights cause; Northam cites lack of due process in his action.
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Northam grants posthumous pardons to the Martinsville Seven, Black men executed in 1951 for rape
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam granted posthumous pardons to seven Black men who were executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman.
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