LEMON: A justice milestone this week. Two African-American men were officially exonerated by a South Carolina pardons board 94 years after they were executed for a murder they did not commit. Radio talk show host Tom Joyner told us about the case last week. And I spoke to him after he heard the news on Wednesday.</s>TOM JOYNER, HOST, "TOM JOYNER SHOW" (via telephone): Everyone has similar experiences either in their family or they know somebody in their community. You just don't know how deep it goes. And, you know, racism is alive and well in this country, and until we can repair some of the deeds of the past, we cannot really look forward to going to the future. The researchers we had on this case were very amazed that here was an injustice that a lot of white people, prominent white people, were behind the Griffin brothers. And I understand this is 1913. There was no CNN. There was no media like we have today. And this was 1913 in segregated South Carolina. You had so many white people came to their defense and petitioned the governor. So there's a lot more to this story, and I'm going to be looking into it.</s>LEMON: Joyner says he knows the outcome can't bring back his uncles, but it does bring a measure of closure to the family.
Tom Joyner Celebrates a Legal Victory for his Relatives