Four young black men known as the “Groveland Four” who were falsely accused of raping a white woman have been pardoned after nearly 70 years by a vote from the Florida Clemency Board on Friday. Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Earnest Thomas were accused of attacking Willie Padgett and raping his 17-year-old wife Norma in July 1949 in Lake County, Fla. The couple were on their way home from a dance one night when their car broke down and Irvin and Shepard s

Tennessee's governor may soon decide if Cyntoia Brown will serve the rest of her life sentence for killing a man she said solicited her for sex when she was a minor. Brown was 16 years old when she shot and killed Johnny Allen. Brown is now 30, and her case has drawn support from celebrities like Rihanna and LeBron James. For the first time in nearly 14 years behind bars, Brown met with Tennessee's board of parole for three and a half hours on Wednesday, reports CBS News corr