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Charles Weems(19), Clarence Norris(19), Andy Wright(19), Ozie Powell(16), Olen Montgomery(16), Eugene Williams(13), Willie ROberson(17), Roy Wright(12), and Haywood Patterson(18), are charged with the rape of a Caucasian female.
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9 African-American males board a train. A fight broke out with a group of caucasian males. when the train stopped, the males were arrested and charged with raping a white female. Info: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/29/arts/scottsboro-70-years-later-still-notorious-still-painful.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm picture: http://huntsville.about.com/od/daytrip1/ig/Scottsboro-Boys-Museum/Train-Scottsboro-Boys-Rode.htm
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The trial begins in Scottsboro, Alabama. The judge of the trial is Judge A. E Hawkins Info:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html picture: http://thamanjimmy.blogspot.com/2011/01/history-of-scottsboro-boys.html
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The boys are convicted a day after the trial begins. All the boys except Roy wright are convicted, and sentenced to death.
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Ruby bates, the supposed victom of the crime, denies being raped in a letter to Earl Streetman. Info: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html picture: http://azstarnet.com/more-work-ahead-in-alabama-for-scottsboro-boys-pardons/image_3f81cade-b52e-11e2-b88d-001a4bcf887a.html
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The supreme court agrees to Review the case
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Haywood Patterson, one of the scottsboro boys, is trialed again. Info: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html picture: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_acct.html
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Haywood patterson, if found guilty, and is then sentenced to death by eletric chair picture:http://mayfieldfhs.wikispaces.com/7th-The+Scottsboro+Boys
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Judge Horton grants Haywood patterson a new trial
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Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris are tried for rape, convicted, and sentenced to death.
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Two lawyers are charged with attempting to bribe Victoria Price in order to change her testimony. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/sb_chron.html
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The U.S. Supreme Court removes the convictions of Norris and Patterson because blacks werent alowwed in the jury of the trial picture: http://www.libertylawsite.org/2013/05/06/making-the-supreme-court-safe-for-democracy/
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Haywood is covicted for the fourth time and is sentenced to 75 years in prison.
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Haywoods conviction is overturned by the alabama supreme court
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all charges against Roy Wright, Eugene Williams, Olen Montgomery and Willie Roberson are dropped, and they are released from Jail.
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Clarence Norris is convicted of rape and sentenced to death. Andy Wright is convicted and sentenced to 99 years in prison. Charlie Weems is convicted and sentenced to 75 years in prison. Ozzie Powell pleads guilty to a previous arrest of assualting a sheriff and is sentenced to 20 years.
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Clarence Norris's death sentence is reduced to life in prison by Governor Graves.
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Haywood patterson dies of cancer less than a year after being convicted for manslaughter
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Clarence Norris, the last surviving Scottsboro boy, dies at age 76. picture : http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/peopleevents/p_norris.html
