News DeSantis, Florida cabinet pardon black men, known as Groveland Four, accused of 1949 rape January 11, 2019Brendan Farrington, The Associated PressComments Off on DeSantis, Florida cabinet pardon black men, known as Groveland Four, accused of 1949 rape Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a state cabinet granted posthumous pardons Friday to four African-American men accused of raping a white woman in 1949.