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Alabama Senate votes for Scottsboro Boys pardon

MONTGOMERY (AP) — The Alabama Senate has approved legislation to allow posthumous pardons for the Scottsboro Boys.

The Senate voted 29-0 today for the legislation sponsored by Republican Sen. Arthur Orr of Decatur. The bill now goes to the House for what Orr predicts will be a similar vote.

The Scottsboro Boys were nine young black men accused of raping two white women aboard a train in north Alabama in 1931. One of the women later recanted her story. One of the Scottsboro Boys got a pardon before dying, but the other eight didn't. Orr said the Legislature can't change history, but it can change state law to allow the parole board to issue posthumous pardons.

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