The U.S. Army announced on Nov. 13 that it would overturn the convictions of, and grant honorable discharges to, 110 Black soldiers who were charged in connection with a 1917 mutiny in Houston. In an opinion for Newsweek, CERL Advisory Council member Geoffrey Corn details the efforts of researchers, legal students, and advocates to uncover evidence of these unfair trials and redress injustices over a century later.

Geoffrey S. Corn is the George R. Killam, Jr. Chair of Criminal Law and Director of the Center for Military Law and Policy at Texas Tech University School of Law and a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel. He is also a member of the CERL Advisory Council. Read his bio here.

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