Maryland governor pardons 34 ‘racial terror’ lynching victims

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan posthumously pardoned 34 lynching victims who were killed across the state between 1854 and 1933, saying the historic move is an attempt to “right these horrific wrongs.”

Hogan on Saturday issued the blanket pardons for the 34 victims — including a 15-year-old black boy who was hanged by a white mob in 1885 — because they were denied legal process and equal protection of law, marking the first such move by a governor of a US state. “Today, we are once again leading the way as we continue the work to build a more perfect union,” the Republican governor said.