- May 7, 2011
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My opinion:
Empty gesture.
Too little, too late.
A lot of good pardons do dead men ....
http://www.wistv.com/story/21885430/ala-legislature-votes-to-pardon-scottsboro-boys
But for the record, this makes no sense:
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - In a final chapter to one of the most important civil rights episodes in American history, Alabama lawmakers voted Thursday to give posthumous pardons to the "Scottsboro Boys": nine black teens who were wrongly convicted of raping two white women more than 80 years ago.
(same source)
Peace In,