Florida S0694 appropriates funds for the descendants of Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd, and Ernest Thomas.
Florida S0694 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 for the alleged rape of a white woman in Lake County. The bill declares certain facts about their wrongful convictions and the injustices they suffered. It also states that those compensated under this act are ineligible for further compensation related to these events.
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