US governor pardons 34 lynching victims

By Brian Witte
Updated May 9 2021 - 9:14am, first published 9:12am
Maryland governor Larry Hogan (far right) says he hopes the pardons will help right horrific wrongs.
Maryland governor Larry Hogan (far right) says he hopes the pardons will help right horrific wrongs.

Maryland's governor has 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.