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When it all started
Fearing a mob outbreak at Scottsboro, county seat of Jackson County, following the arrest of nine Negroes charged with attacking two white girls. -
supreme court
Alabama Supreme Court, by a vote of 6-1, affirms the convictions of seven of the boys. The conviction of Eugene Williams is reversed on the grounds that he was a juvenile under state law in 1931. -
death sentence
Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris are tried for rape, convicted, and sentenced to death. -
Charlie weems
Charlie Weems is paroled. -
haywood patterson
Haywood Patterson is convicted for a fourth time of rape and is sentenced to 75 years in prison. -
charges
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. -
Charges dropped
Roy Wright, Eugene Williams, Olen Montgomery and Willie Roberson were released after all charges were dropped against them. -
Norris and Andy wright
Norris and Andy Wright are paroled. -
norris and Wright
Norris and Wright leave Montgomery in violation of their paroles. -
Norris
Norris is returned to prison. -
ozzie powell
Ozzie Powell is paroled. -
patterson
Patterson is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 to 15 years. He dies of cancer less than a year later. -
Victoria price
Victoria Price's suit against NBC for its movie "Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys," which she claimed defamed her and invaded her privacy, is dismissed. Price dies five years later. -
Clarence norris
Clarence Norris, the last surviving Scottsboro boy, dies at age 76. -
legislation signed
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signs legislation officially pardoning and exonerating all nine Scottsboro Boys.
