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Updating a story CNX first reported in November, a group of African-American soldiers wrongly court-martialed during World War II might soon receive some financial justice. In 1944, an Italian prisoner of war was lynched after a riot at Seattle’s Fort Lawton, now the site of Discovery Park. In the aftermath, 28 African-America soldiers were court-martialed on various charges, three for the actual lynching. Late last year, the Army overturned those convictions and agreed to compensate the soldiers who are still alive. One of them, Samuel Snow, received a check for $725 dollars -- the amount of army pay he lost while serving a year in jail. But many people felt that amount was inadequate, including Washington Congressman Jim McDermott. Now, McDermott has introduced language into the Department of Defense Authorization bill that would seek further compensation for Sam Snow and the other Fort Lawton soldiers. If ap