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Civil rights-era convictions tossed for Friendship 9

Name: Civil rights-era convictions tossed for Friendship 9
Uploaded: 2015-01-28T18:39:00-0500
Duration: 2 min 40 s
Description: More than half a century after 9 college students were sentenced to trespassing for a civil rights sit-in, a South Carolina judge tossed out their convictions Wednesday. Michelle Miller reports.

More than half a century after 9 college students were sentenced to trespassing for a civil rights sit-in, a South Carolina judge tossed out their convictions Wednesday. Michelle Miller reports.