Topic: Ap Story

The 1932-1972 Tuskegee Syphilis Study is cited as evidence of government willingness to experiment on citizens, where 399 black men were left untreated for 40 years despite the availability of penicillin. While President Bill Clinton issued a public apology, critics argue the apology was inappropriate and should have been replaced by criminal indictments for those who allowed over 6,000 people to suffer.