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Clarence is pardoned
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FIght Takes Place/ Arrested
Fight takes place on a Southern Railroad freight train between 9 black males adn white males. The 9 black boys get accussed of rape by two white women named Victoia Price and Ruby Bates who had came offf the bus too. The nine black boys get arrested. information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_chron.html -
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Scottsboro boys
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indicates for rape
The grand Jury indicates the nine Scottsboro boys for rape nformation:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Trial begins
Trial begins , Judge is A. E. Hawkins information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Trial Continues
Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Haywood Patterson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Roberson, and Andy Wright are tried and convicted and sentenced to death...Roy Wrihgt has jury members saying death and others say life impriosonment information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
executions
Executions are still pending appeal to the Alabama surpeme court information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Ruby Bates
Ruby Bates denies taht she was raped in a letter to Earl Streetman information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
affirms eviction
Alabama Supreme Court with a vote of 6-1 affirms the eviction of the 7 boys information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Reviw The Scottsboro Case
The Supreme Court says they are going to review the Scottsboro case information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Conviction Reversed
By a vote of 7-2 the conviction of the Scottsboro boys is reversed by the Supreme court in Powell vs. Alabama information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Samuel Retained
Samuel S. Leibowitz is retained by the ILD to defend the Scottsboro Case information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Haywoods second trial
Haywoods second trial begins in Decatur and the judge is James Horton information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Haywood found guilty
Haywood Patterson is guilty and sentenced to death in the electric chair information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
postpones trials
Judge Horton postpones the other boys trial because of dangerous tensions information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Protest
a huge protest occurs and over a thousand of people march in Wasshington protesting the Alabama trials -
New Trial/ Evictions set aside
Judge Horton decides to make a new trial and set aside Haywood Patterson evictions information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
New Judge
Scottsboro case is removed from Judge Horton and now atJudge William Callahnas court information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Haywood and Clarnece tried again
Haywood and Clarence are tried for rape
ends on December information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Haywood and Clarence continues
Haywood and Clarence continues being tried and convivted and sentenced to Death -
Judge Horton re- elected??
Judge Horton is defeated in his Re-election information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Court Affirms Convictions
Alabama Court affirms the convictions of Haywood and Norris information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Review recent Convictios
US supreme court agrees to review the most recent Scottsboro convictions information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Overturnes Convictions
The U.S. Supreme Court overturns the convictions of Norris and Patterson because African Americans were excluded from sitting on the juries in their trials. information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Haywood is convicted again
Haywood Patterson is convicted for a fourth time of rape and is sentenced to 75 years in prison. information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Ozzie Powell gets shot
Ozzie Powell is shot in the head by Sheriff Jay Sandlin while attacking Deputy Sheriff Edgar Blalock. information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Conviction of Haywood is upheld
Conviction of Haywood Patterson is upheld by the Alabama Supreme Court information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Convictions
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. Which there is not an exact date but it was in July. information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Charges dropped
Roy Wright, Eugene Williams, Olen Montgomery and Willie Roberson were released after all charges were dropped against them information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
U.S. Supreme court declines review
The U.S. Supreme Court declines to review the Patterson and Norris conviction information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Clarence Norris death sentence now to Life in prision
Clarence Norris's death sentence is brought down to life in prison by Governor Graves. information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Charlie Weems is paroled
Charlie Weems is paroled not a certain date but was in september of 1943 information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Norris and Andy paroled
Norris and Andy Wright are paroled also not an exact date information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Norris and Wright Violation of their paroles
Norris and Wright leave Montgomery in violation of their paroles. not an exact date information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Norris returns to prision
Norris is returned to prison not an exact date information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Ozie is paroled
Ozzie Powell is paroled. information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Norris is paroled again
Norris, paroled again leaves Alabama not an exact date information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Haywood escapes
Haywood Patterson escapes from prison. information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Andy paroled and Patterson back in jail
Andy Wright is paroled. FBI arrests Patterson, information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Haywood charged with murder
Haywood is charged with murder when there is a huge fight in the jail bathroom and someone dies information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Patterson convicted and dies
Patterson is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 to 15 years but he dies of cancer less than a year later. information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts -
Clarence dies
Clarence Norris, the last surviving Scottsboro boy, dies at age 76. information:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scotts
