Virginia governor pardons seven Black men executed in 1951 for rape of a white woman

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Virginia governor pardons seven Black men executed in 1951 for rape of a white woman
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Governor Ralph Northam said the men, tried by all-white juries, were not given due process at a time when only Black men received death sentences for rape in Virginia

, Ralph Northam, has granted posthumous pardons to seven Black men who were executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman.

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