Scottsboro trial

Nine black males were convicted of raping two white females.
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The case was first heard in Scottsboro, Alabama. three rushed trials and the defendants received poor legal representation.
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The Supreme Court of Alabama convicted 7 of them. But 8 of them stayed in Kilby Prison.

One of the alleged admitted fabricating the story and that neither of the boys touch the girls.

Charges were finally dropped for four of the 9 defendants

Sentences for the rest ranged from 75 years to death. All but two served prison sentences. One was shot in prison by a guard. Two escaped, were charged with crimes, and were sent back to prison. Clarence Norris, the oldest defendant and the only one sentenced to death, escaped parole and went into hiding in 1946. He was pardoned by George Wallace in 1976 after he was found, and wrote a book about his experiences. The last surviving defendant died in 1989.