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Scottsboro Trial. By: Courtney Curtis Sam Hoover Holly Mindemann. Nine African-American and many white boys had a brawl with each other during a train ride in Alabama. According to the white boys, The Nine African-American boys (13-21 years of age) allegedly raped two white women,
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Scottsboro Trial By: Courtney Curtis Sam Hoover Holly Mindemann
Nine African-American and many white boys had a brawl with each other during a train ride in Alabama. • According to the white boys, The Nine African-American boys (13-21 years of age) allegedly raped two white women, • They were granted inadequate lawyers and had an all white jury during their trials.
They claimed the jury was biased against them because of the racial differences • Regardless of these claims, officials from Alabama refused to drop the cases • Eight were sentenced to death, while the thirteen year old boy received a life sentence to prison.
From 1935 through 1937, the Supreme Court began dropping the charges against the accused African Americans. • They agreed that the boys did not receive a fair trial since there were no African-Americans present during their trials. • There were also no African Americans allowed on the jury
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Vocabulary Defendants:a person, company, etc., against whom a claim or charge is brought in a court Mistrial: a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings. Biased: having or showing bias or prejudice Verdict: the finding or answer of a jury given to the court concerning a matter submitted to their judgment. Sentenced: an authoritative decision; a judicial judgment or decree, esp. the judicial determination of the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted criminal. Testimony: the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, usually in court.
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