he arrived in groveland. did not quite have a place to so he's been his first that in the train station. he was picked up for loitering and taken into custody. he was actually documented in police custody for loitering at the same exact time norma padgett said she was sexually assaulted by four men. he has an airtight alibi. it when it came to prosecution come all you needed was a state attorney to ignore the evidence and convince 12 white jurors that charles greenlee was one of the man who was involved in this. yet never met norma padgett before, but he got swept into this, too. amy: so the sheriff was involved in the murder of two of the four men. >> he was. he should've been involved in the third murder. walter irvin, against all odds, he survived the shooting on the side of the road in 1951 by playing dead. he was handcuffed -- this was after the supreme court had overturned the verdict in the first trial -- and then sheriff mccall said, fine, i will pick up the prisoners and bring them back for the retri

>> today we have taken action to pardon groveland four. while this cannot right the wrongs done to the many years ago, i hope that it will bring peace to their families and their communities. i am confident the people of florida would not want this injustice to happen again. amy: florida has pardoned four young african-american men in groveland who were falsely accused 70 years ago of raping a

when a white woman claimed she was raped by four young black men outside groveland in 1949, the klan torched black neighborhoods. four men were falsely accused, one killed by a mob, the others beaten into confessing, including carol greenlee's father charles. >> my father was tortured. he was hung down in a basement over a hot pipe by his hands. >> reporter: greenlee was imprisoned for more than a decade. this humble box made of matchsticks from the prison yard was the only gift he could give his young daughter. >> it symbolizes, even though he was in prison, he loved me. >> reporter: after an all white >>ry convicted the men, n.a.a.c.p. lawyer thurgood marshall won them a new trial. vit the local sheriff, willis mccall shot and killed one of them in cold blood, claiming he l ied to escape. odrough the years, supporters of the groveland four have stitioned for a full pardon, even though the men have all passed away. there was one surprise at today's clemency hearing. >> i don't want him pardoned. no, i do not. >> reporter: the alleged rape victim, norma padgett, who hasn't spoken pub

this acknowledgment of racial injustice stands to shine a new light on the groveland four.l bojorquez reports. >>> it never happened! >> reporter: it took 70 years for this day to come. >> his only crime was to be black. >> reporter: for decades, the case has been called an injustice. when a white woman claimed she was raped by four young black men outside groveland in 1949, the klan torched black neighborhoods. four men were falsely accused. one killed by a mob. the others beaten into confessing including carol greenlee's father, charles. >> my father was tortured. he was hung down in a basement over a hot pipe by his hands. >> reporter: greenlee was imprisoned for more than a decade. this humble box made of matchsticks from the prison yard was the only gift he could give his young daughter. >> it symbolized even though he was in prison, he loved me. >> reporter: after an all-white jury convicted the men, naacp lawyer thurgood marshall won them a new trial. but the local sheriff, willis mccall, shot and killed one of them in cold blood, claiming he tried to escape. through

during the years, the members of the groveland four have partitioned for a full pardon even though thee passed away. there was one surprise >> no, i do not want him pardoned. >> reporter: the alleged rape victim who hadn't spoken publicly in decades. >> if i had to go to court today i could tell you the same stories. >> reporter: but over the years findings from federal and independent investigations disagree and today so did the clemency board voting to remove the stain of injustice. carol says she carries no bitterness. neither did her father. >> he said forgive them. >> reporter: forgive them? >> my father says hatred, anger destroys you from within. love bring you out. thnchlts tuskegee airmen served in the u.s. army air core in world war ii flying more than 15,000 missions over europe and north africa. the remains of more two dozen were never found until now. jeff floor have the story of a fath daughter who never gave up hope and a remarkable recovery mission 75 years in the making. >> i just got little pieces here and there, people talking about it. >> reporter: marlau andrews wa

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