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Freedom Fighters' criminal records expunged by Florida cabinet listen

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Tags: Charlie Crist, Freedom Fighters, Civil Rights, Clemency

This morning in Tallahassee, the Florida Board of Executive Clemency gave freedom back to activists known as the “Freedom Fighters”. The unanimous decision to expunge their criminal records was met with excited applause.

Presiding over his last Clemency meeting, Governor Charlie Crist moved to expunge criminal charges and arrest records of the “Freedom Fighters” from St. Augustine in 1963 and 1964.

"Be it resolved by the Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Florida Board of Executi...