Compensates descendants of four men wrongfully convicted in the 1949 Groveland case.

The bill appropriates funds from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of State for the relief of the descendants of Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd, and Ernest Thomas. These men were wrongfully convicted in 1949 in the infamous Groveland case in Lake County, Florida. The bill declares certain facts about their convictions and subsequent pardons to be true and prohibits any further compensation related to this case. The compensation aims to redress the injuries, damages, and loss of life suffered by the men and their families.

Compensates descendants of four men wrongfully convicted in the 1949 Groveland case.

The bill appropriates funds from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of State for the relief of the descendants of Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd, and Ernest Thomas. These men were wrongfully convicted in 1949 in the infamous Groveland case in Lake County, Florida. The bill declares certain facts about their convictions and subsequent pardons to be true and prohibits any further compensation related to this case. The compensation aims to redress the injuries, damages, and loss of life suffered by the men and their families.