Boys
Other People Involved
Dates & Years
Trial Facts 1
Trial Facts 2
100
Charles Weems
Who was the oldest Scottsboro Boy?
100
Victoria Price and Ruby Bates
Who are the victims/accusers?
100
1931
What is the year the crime was committed?
100
Two oldest boys.
Who were tried in the first cases of the first round of trials?
100
The youngest boy was given this in the first round of cases.
What is life sentence?
200
Roy Wright
Who was the youngest Scottsboro Boy?
200
He was the star witness, and the man who was 'saved' by Patterson.
Who was Orville Gilley?
200
In 1932
When the Alabama Supreme Court ordered new trials?
200
Death penalty.
What was the sentencing in most of the cases?
200
People wanted different opinions on the cases and people were also not happy with most decisions they made.
What is the reason for multiple judges?
300
The boys' attorney throughout the trials.
Who was Samuel Leibowitz?
300
This man was threatened to be killed by Patterson and Norris
Who was Governor Graves?
300
Clarence Norris sentenced to life in this year.
What is 1938?
300
On a train going from Chattanooga to Memphis.
Where was the crime supposedly committed?
300
The accusers didn't have good representation. (Not enough evidence.)
Why did the Supreme Court overturn convictions?
400
One of the boys had a disease that made it impossible (or very painful) to commit such a crime.
Who was (Willie) Roberson?
400
Dr. R. R. Bridges
Who was the doctor who examined the women...and the main witness for defense?
400
How long it took for final decision to be made.
What is 6 years?
400
4 separate trials.
How many trials in the first round of cases?
400
Prove Victoria Price wrong.
What was the purpose of the defense in the November-December trials in 1933?
500
Name at least five Scottsboro Boys (at least by their last names)
Who are Patterson, Weems, Norris, (Andy & Robert) Wright, Powell, Montgomery, Williams, and/or Roberson?
500
A. E. Hawkins
Who was the judge in the first case?
500
Date the crime was committed.
What is March 25, 1931?
500
The doctor found no evidence of the girls being assaulted.
What is a piece of evidence against Victoria Price?
500
Produced as many trials, convictions, reversals and retrials.
What is no other crime in history?
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