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Partial Justice for the Norfolk Four

By Steve Hall

That's the title of a New York Times editorial on the partial clemency granted by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine last week.  It appeared in the Monday edition.  LINKGov. Tim Kaine of Virginia did nearly the right thing this month when he gave conditional pardons to three members of the ?Norfolk Four.? Given the overwhelming evidence that these sailors were wrongly convicted of rape and murder, it is welcome news that all are now free. But because Mr. Kaine did not grant a full pardon, they will continue to be stigmatized. Derek E. Tice, Joseph J. Dick Jr., Danial J. Williams and Eric C. Wilson were convicted in the 1997 rape and murder of Michelle Moore-Bosko in Norfolk. It was a horrific crime, but it seems clear that it was committed by someone else...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 18, 2009 (boomark / email).