THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
SCOTTSBORO TRIALS
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Question
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Another eyewitness.
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Bates admitting the truth.
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Victoria admitting the truth.
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Their story was obviously made-up.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Their trials began 12 days after the alleged crime and, despite ample evidence that they were innocent, eight of the nine were found guilty by all-white juries and sentenced to death in the electric chair.
Detailed explanation-2: -After 1937, four of the defendants were in prison for rape, one for assault and four others had been let free.
Detailed explanation-3: -Victoria Price testified that six raped her and six, Ruby Bates. Three of the ones who attacked Ruby got off before the train stopped at Paint Rock, Victoria said. She alleged that Charlie Weems was the leader and carried a pistol, but that Clarence Norris was the first one to attack her.
Detailed explanation-4: -Initial Trials and Appeals (1931-32) In the first set of trials in April 1931, an all-white, all-male jury quickly convicted the Scottsboro Boys and sentenced eight of them to death. The trial of the youngest, 13-year-old Leroy Wright, ended in a hung jury when one juror favored life imprisonment rather than death.