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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Men who were lynched more than a century ago are innocent, judge finds

Lynched Men Innocent-Virginia - (The Washington Post)

Three Black men who were lynched by mobs in Virginia during the 1800s and early 1900s have been declared innocent by a judge.

The Washington Post reported Friday that the men were Charles Allie Thompson, William Thompson and William Grayson. Each was killed in rural Culpeper County, which is about 75 miles (121 kilometers) from Washington.

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