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Scottsboro Trial: Begining to End
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how it began
Nine young black men were riding a train to missisippi. During their ride they were stopped and arrested for assult, and rape of two white woman; Ruby Bates, and Victoria Price.
At first all nine boys were convited to death. -
A confession
A letter is found of Ruby's confessing to her boyfriend that she was never raped. -
Another chance
The Supreme Court upholds the convictions of 7 of the boys, but gives Eugene a new trial since he was a minor at the time. Roy Wright also got a new trial. -
Ammendment, Surprises and Another Trial
- The Supreme Court rules that the boys were denied right to counsel, violating the Fourteenth Amendment. 1) Patterson's trial began in March and Ruby appeared as a suprise witness confessing to not being raped, however he was still sentenced to death but it was suspended for a new trial 2) 7 of the boys are to now appear at Callahans court, the remaing two boys were sent to a jeuvenille court.
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Caught in the act
After the last trial Patterson and Norris were sentenced to death.
On october 1st two lawyers are caght with $1500 intended to bribe Victoria Price to change her testamony -
Leibowitz comes in
Leibowitz made his first appearance before the Supreme Court of the United States. He describes the absence of blacks in Jackson County juries, and claims it deprived black defendants of their rights to equal protection under the law as guaranteed in the Fourteenth Amendment. -
75 and a shooting
As a compromise between the jury and the foreman Patteron is sentenced to 75 years in prison.
The next day on the way back to the Burningham Jail, Ozie pulls a knife on the sherrif and ends up getting shot, both survive. -
Closing time
Compromise: 5 sentenced 4 free
- Andy Wright was sentenced to 99 years in prison
- Charley Weems was sentenced to 75 years in prison
- Ozie Powell confessed to assult of the sherrif and sentenced to 20 years, his rape charges were dropped
- Haywood Patterson was still sentenced to 75 years
- Clarence Norris was sentenced to death although it was later reduced to life in prison Rape charges against Olen Montgomery, Roy Wright, Eugene Williams, and Wille Roberson were dropped -
Freedom
1) Neems is released on parole in 1938
2) 1944 Wright and Norris are released on parole
3) 1946 Powell is released on parole
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The end of the Scottsboro Boys
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Final Chapters
Ozie wiliam, Charles Weems, Olen Montgomery, Willie Robernson, Eugene Williams and Andy Wright's deaths are all unknown however Haywood Patterson died of cancer In 1952
Roy Wright died in 1959
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Scottsboro Makes headlines
The Scottsboro trial was one that made headlines when It first came about In 1931 and it is still being talked about today.
The Scottsboro trial is famous because it is showing the inequality in treatment of blacks during that time.
