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From: "H-SHEAR Editor Peter B. Knupfer" <repub@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
List Editor: "H-SHEAR Editor Peter B. Knupfer" <repub@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Editor's Subject: Finkelman and the Griffin case
Author's Subject: Finkelman and the Griffin case
Date Written: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:04:58 -0400
Date Posted: Mon, 18 Oct 2009 23:04:58 -0400

Dear H-SHEAR readers:

According to CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/15/south.carolina.pardon/

Paul Finkelman, a frequent contributor here at H-SHEAR as well as H-LAW
and other H-Net networks, provided the critical legal research that
resulted in the exoneration and pardon of Thomas Griffin and Meeks
Griffin, who "were wrongfully executed in South Carolina. On Wednesday,
a board voted 7-0 to pardon both men, clearing their names in the 1913
killing of a veteran of the Confederate Army.  It marks the first time
in history that South Carolina has issued a posthumous pardon in a
capital murder case."  The Griffins were the great-great uncles of
nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner.

I'm sure everyone joins us in celebrating Paul's tremendous contribution
to righting a historic injustice.  Maybe we can even get Paul to
scribble a line or two for us about how he went about confirming the
men's innocence, including what seems to have been a jailhouse confession.

Regards

Peter

Peter Knupfer
H-SHEAR Editor
Associate Professor
History Department
Michigan State University

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