2013: USA Alabama posthumously pardons three “Scottsboro boys”

 The State of Alabama posthumously pardons three African American men (the last of the nine “Scottsboro boys”) who were falsely convicted of raping two white women on a train in 1931.

To: 
three African American men (the last of the nine “Scottsboro boys”)
From: 
USA
Year of Apology: 
2013
Footnote: 
Nov 21, 2013. Blinder, Alan. “With Last 3 Pardons, Alabama Hopes to Put Infamous ‘Scottsboro Boys’ Case to Rest.” New York Times. November 21, 2013.