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Nine African American males were accused by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates of rape while onboard a train.
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After many organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the International Labor Defense (I.L.D.) breathing heavily down the Alabama court system's back, the Scottsboro Boys have their death sentence put back.
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Ruby Bates denies being raped in a letter written to her boyfriend.
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Alabama agrees to hear out the case in court.
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The I.L.D convinces Samuel Leibowitz to take the case
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Haywood Patterson goes on trial for a second time infront of Alabama Judge James Horton.
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Ruby Bates appears as a suprise witness for the defence and claims she and Victoria had lied to save themselves.
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Haywood Patterson is sentenced to death on the electric chair
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Judge Horton decides to grant the appeal for a new trial.
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For the third trial, it takes place in Judge William Callahan's court rather than Judge James Horton.
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James Horton is not re-elected for his position
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Leibowitz discovers that no black person had been selected for the jury.
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The supreme court finds the absence of blacks on the jury to go against the 14th amendment.
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Haywood Patterson is found guilty and sentenced to 75 years.
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Ozie Powell pulls a knife and slashes a deputies throat and is then shot in the head.
