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Four Black Men Falsely Accused Of Raping A White Woman Are Exonerated 72 Years Later

From left, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Charles Greenlee. The three men and another man, Ernest Thomas, were charged with raping a white woman in 1949 in Florida.Credit...State Library and Archives of Florida, via Associated Press

On Monday, a Florida judge righted a historical wrong.

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