On September 2,2016, H. John Rogers, an Attorney and UMWA Associate member from New Martinsville, WV, submitted an application to WV Governor Tomlin for the posthumous pardon of Mother Jones. The action, if approved by the Governor, would not expunge her conviction, but would forgive her for the "said crime." President Roberts sent a letter in support of Brother Rogers' request noting, "Although it may be the case that Mother Jones violated a few WV laws in the 1910s and 1920s, those laws were established to preserve a vicious and criminal system of servitude and near-slavery.
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机译：2016年9月2日，来自西弗吉尼亚州新马丁斯维尔的律师兼UMWA成员H. John Rogers向西弗吉尼亚州州长汤姆林递交了申请，要求其对琼斯母亲进行死后赦免。如果获得总督的批准，这一举动不会消除她的信念，但会原谅她的“上述罪行”。罗伯茨总统致函罗杰斯弟兄，并指出：“尽管琼斯母亲可能在1910年代和1920年代违反了几部西弗吉尼亚州法律，但这些法律的建立是为了维护恶性和犯罪性的奴役制度， -奴隶制。
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