Claim: American farmer Thomas Griffin was known for his wrongful execution at the age of 26 for murder and pardoned in October 2009 after retired radio host Tom Joyner appealed to the court.
Evidence: Thomas Griffin (January 1, 1889 – September 29, 1915) and Meeks Griffin were brothers and prominent black farmers who lived in Chester County, South Carolina. They were executed via the electric chair in 1915 for the murder in 1913 of 75-year-old John Q. Lewis, a Confederate veteran of Blackstock, SC. Thomas Griffin and Meeks Griffin were pardoned in October 2009 after Tom Joyner sought the pardons of his great-uncles from state appeals court in Columbia, South Carolina. Wrongful execution American