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Photos: The Clarence Henderson case
Clarence Henderson, a Black sharecropper, was convicted in three separate trials for the 1948 murder of Carl “Buddy” Stevens, Jr., in Carrollton. Each time, his conviction was overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court for lack of evidence. Now, his family has successfully gotten those charges formally dropped.
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Carrollton sharecropper Clarence Henderson is photographed moments before his first trial on Jan. 30, 1950, while ringed by state and local law enforcement. The one-day trial was a spectacle and held under tight security with armed state troopers ringing the courtroom. Henderson would be convicted three times in separate trials which were all overturned. (File)
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