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Scottsboro boys arrested because of assulting two women
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The trial begins for the nine boys (judge hawkins)
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All nine boys were tried, convicted, and sentenced to death
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the jury accused all nine boys of rape
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Ruby Bates wrote a letter to Earl Streetman telling him she wasn't raped
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The U. S. Supreme Court announces that it will review the Scottsboro cases
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Second trial begins
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Third trial starts
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Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris are tried for rape, convicted, and sentenced to death
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Roy Wright and Eugene Williams were released due to their young age when the crime was commited, and Olen Montgomery and Willie Roberson were also released because the state does not believe them to be guilty.
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Charlie Weems was paroled
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Clarence Norris is paroled and leaves Montgomery, violating his parole. Norris is returned to prison a couple of months later; once released, he again jumps parole. Three decades later, Norris surfaces in New York City with a wife and two children
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Andy Wright is also paroled and leaves Montgomery, violating his parole as well. Wright is returned to prison a year later, and is paroled in 1950
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Ozie Powell is paroled
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Haywood Patterson escapes from prison. Patterson seeks the help of a journalist, Earl Conrad, and together they write The Scottsboro Boy, an account of Patterson's life. The FBI arrests Patterson, but Michigan's governor refuses to extradite Patterson to Alabama. In 1951, Patterson is involved in a barroom fight and is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 to 15 years in prison in Michigan. After serving less than a year of his sentence, Patterson dies of cancer in prison.