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3/25/1931
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-A white woman accused 9 black men of rape
4/6/1931 - 4/9/1931
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-8 of the 9 men were given death penalties.
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11/1932
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-the United States supreme court ordered new trials for the men, stating inadequate counsel and poor representation.
3/1933
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-New trials begin and included the testimony of two docters who refuted the likelihood that a rape occured, Ruby Bate's retraction of the accusation, and a harsh scrunity of the life of Victoria Price, the other accuser.
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April 6, 1933
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Ruby Bates appeared as a witness for the defense, denying that any rape occured
1935
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-The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the convictions stating that the defendants were not given a jury of their peers, in this case, African-Americans
1946
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-Clarence Norris escaped parole and went into hiding
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1976
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-The last Scottsboro boy gets released from prison