Word: scottaboro
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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...been that the Scottsboro boys have not been granted fair trials. As in the Mooney case, it is a question of procedure and not of innocence. It has been evident to all those who have given even a slight inspection to the affair that in the trials at Scottaboro and Docatur the jurors were subject to an overwhelming prejudicial influence, which rendered their decisions far from impartial. At times the prisoners had to be protected by the National Guard from the mobs of Southern gentlemen bent on indulging themselves in a lynching or burning party. When it was bruited about...
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