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Contrast Tom Robinson&The Scottsboro Boys
THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE TRAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tom Robinson in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" and the Scottsboro Boys were both African American men falsely accused of raping white women. They both faced prejudice and discrimination in the justice system due to their race. The trials of both cases shed light on the pervasive racism and injustice in the U.S. legal system.
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What did the Scottsboro Boys have to do with 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
The Scottsboro Boys were nine innocent African American teenage boys who were tried and convicted of rape in Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931, in a terrible miscarriage of justice. Tom Robinson represents the Scottsboro Boys because he gets accused of the same thing and is also sentenced to death even though he is innocent. He is only convicted because of his color. The Scottsboro Boys were nine black teenage boys accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. The Scottsboro Boys, as they became known, at the time were defended by many in the North and attacked by many in the South.
When were the nine Scottsboro Boys released?
All of the Scottsboro boys were released form jail eventually, none of them died from execution.
What were the ages of the Scottsboro boys?
the scottsboro trial has lasted for about 45 years.
The scottsboro boys attorneys were extremely incompetent How did the defense attorneys show their lack of experience?
they were young brothers of the scottsboro boys and they had no idea what this peiceofshitnigga was on about
Date of the the scottsboro boys convicted?
the white boys who got forced of the train by the black boys.
What event made the Scottsboro Boys famous?
The Scottsboro Boys are famous due to a scandalous trial that accused the boys of a crime. Now due to their skin color the boys were given an unfair trial and wrongfully found guilty.
Where the scottsboro boys ever pardoned?
one was the others were not
How did people treat the Scottsboro Boys?
They were treated bad.
Who were the Scottsboro Boys'?
http:/www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_acct.html try this site it has everything you need to know
Why were the lawyers for the Scottsboro boys considered inadequate?
because they were white
Who was the leader of the scottsboro boys?
Patterson, he had a male lover in prison.
Who represented the scottsboro boys in their second trial?
Samuel Leibowitz
