Florida Senate apologizes for decades of reform school abuse
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April 27, 2017
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Senate apologized Wednesday for decades of abuse at a reform school, an acknowledgement several victims watching from the public gallery waited decades to hear.
The Senate unanimously approved the resolution after its sponsor described some of the horrors that happened at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, where more than 90 boys died and others were beaten and raped.
"The Senate regrets the treatment of children at Dozier School for Boys, that it was cruel, unjust and a violation of human decency and acknowledges this shameful past of our state's histor...
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