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Maryland governor posthumously pardons 34 lynching victims My hope is that this action will at least in some way help to right these horrific wrongs, said Hogan Hogan signed the order during a news conference on Saturday afternoon, making him the first governor in history to issue a comprehensive pardon for lynching victims. “A child was lynched right here, why would we ever want to forget that? Well we’re here today to make sure that no one does forget it. We want people to know what happened here,” said Hogan in his address delivered at the site where a historic marker will be erected in the memory of one of the victims. ....
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan pardons 34 victims of racial lynching Brian Witte View Comments Maryland s governor on Saturday posthumously pardoned 34 victims of racial lynching in the state dating between 1854 and 1933, saying they were denied legal due process against the allegations they faced. It was a first-of-its-kind pardon by a governor of a U.S. state. Gov. Larry Hogan signed the order at an event honoring Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old who was dragged from a jailhouse and hanged from a tree by a mob of white men in 1885 before his attorneys could file an appeal of a rape conviction that an all-white jury reached within minutes. ....
47abc May 8, 2021 MARYLAND On Saturday, Governor Larry Hogan issued a full posthumous pardon for 34 victims of racial lynching in Maryland between 1854 and 1933. It is the first time in history that a governor has issued a blanket pardon for the victims of racial lynchings. This comes on the basis that these extrajudicial killings violated fundamental rights to due process and equal protection of law. Gov. Hogan made the announcement at an event in Towson in honor of Howard Cooper, a 15-year old boy who was dragged from the Baltimore County Jail and hanged from a sycamore tree. He said in part quote, “The State of Maryland has long been on the forefront of civil rights, dating back to Justice Thurgood Marshall’s legal battle to integrate schools and throughout our national reckoning on race,” said Governor Hogan. “Today, we are once again leading the way as we continue the work to build a more perfect union. My hope is that this action will at least in ....
Maryland Governor Grants Posthumous Pardons to 34 Victims of Racial Lynching Maryland Governor Grants Posthumous Pardons to 34 Victims of Racial Lynching My hope is that this action will at least in some way help to right these horrific wrongs, Governor Larry Hogan said Peter Wade, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The governor made the announcement on Saturday at a signing event honoring Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old boy who was dragged from Baltimore County Jail and hanged from a sycamore tree by a mob of white men in 1885. More from Rolling Stone Hogan released a statement explaining how the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project petitioning him to pardon Cooper led to the decision to pardon others. ....