THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
SCOTTSBORO TRIALS
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Question
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Despite disagreeing with their decision, he accepted their guilty verdict.
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He didn’t agree with their decision and overturned the verdict in favor of Patterson.
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He didn’t agree with their decision, so he gave Patterson a shorter sentence.
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He believed that Haywood Patterson was guilty and accepted the jury’s verdict.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. How did Judge James Horton respond to the jury’s decision regarding Haywood Patterson? Despite disagreeing with their decision, he accepted their guilty verdict.
Detailed explanation-2: -Judge Horton presided over the re-trials of the Scottsboro Boys. Both the prosecution and defense agreed with his choice. Numerous comparisons were made in the media to his resemblance to former President Abraham Lincoln. He was represented as the perfect man for the job.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Supreme Court of Alabama took Horton off the case and delivered it to Judge Callahan. As predicted, Horton lost his bid for re-election the following year. He retired to his land, a villain to some, a hero to many.
Detailed explanation-4: -The evi-dence at trial overwhelmingly proved that they were innocent. Ruby Bates recanted her previous testimony in Scottsboro. Bates testified that she was never raped and that she and Victoria Price made up the whole story to keep from being arrest-ed for vagrancy.
Detailed explanation-5: -Victoria Price and Ruby Bates, two white women who were also riding the freight train, faced charges of vagrancy and illegal sexual activity. In order to avoid these charges, they falsely accused the Scottsboro Boys of rape.