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Scottsboro Boys arrested
A fight breaks out between a group of white men and the Scottsboro boys.The scottsboro boys are arrested after a posse stops the train they were on. Ruby Bates and Victoria Price make false accusations of rape against all nine of them. The rape charges are added to assault charges after the brawling. -
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Scottsboro Events
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Scottsborro boys formally indicted of rape by grand jury
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Scottsboro trials begin
photo:scottboro boys with their lawyer
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Sentences are made
Eight of the scottsboro boys are sentenced to death while the trial of Roy Wright was rendered invalid when some jurors held out for a death sentence even though the prosecutors asked for a life sentence. -
Ruby bates denies being raped
photo of ruby bates
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Supreme court will review case
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Haywood Patterson found guilty by jury and sentenced to death in the electric chair.
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trials posponed
Judge Horton postpones the trials of the other Scottsboro boys because of dangerously high local tensions. -
Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris are tried for rape, convicted, and sentenced to death.
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Ozzie Powell is shot in the head
Ozzie Powell is shot in the head by Sheriff Jay Sandlin while trying to attack Deputy Sheriff Edgar Blalock. -
Clarence, Charles, Andy and Ozzie are convoicted
Clarence Norris is convicted of rape and sentenced to death. Andy Wright is convicted and sentenced to 99 years for rape. Charlie Weems is convicted and sentenced to 75 years. Ozzie Powell pleads guilty to assaulting the sheriff and is sentenced to 20 years. -
Patterson is charged for a barroom fight.
Patterson is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 to 15 years. He dies of cancer less than a year later. -
Clarence Norris is pardoned by Alabama Governor George Wallace.
This seems to show the reparations for the damage done are underway -
Victoria Price's suit against NBC which she claimed defamed her and invaded her privacy, is dismissed.
Victoria price;'s case was dismissed. it is viewed ironic how she claims nbc Defamed her. She was almost soley responsible for every single wrong doing in these boy's lives but still doesnt seem to care. -
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley pardons the boys
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signs legislation officially pardoning and exonerating all nine Scottsboro Boys.
