THE SCOTTSBORO CASE
My paper is about the ScottsBoro case which was a case in which 9 male boys were arrested and accused for the rape of two white women. This connects with TKAM because in the book Tom Robinson was accused for rape and was given an unfair trial and was accused guilty. Also in the case the boys were unfairly tried and accused as guilty and in both the boys died and so did Tom.
This part of my paper is to give you an overview of the case. It took place in the 1930s were nine black men were falsely accused of the rape of two white women in Alabama. When the boys were on a train they got into a fight with two white males as the fight went on one of the white males jumped off and told the officials they had been attacked. After that the boys were sent to jail were the two females accused them of the rape. Only 6 of the boys were actually accused but all were trialed because the police believed all of the boys had helped but the only reason is the boys were black and the cops were white. The boys went through 3 trials in all. In the end 8 of the 9 were convicted of rape and sentenced to death. Also none of the boys were pardoned …show more content…
With this case many people saw that the governments punishment system was to harsh and unfair. One reason of this is the boys were instantly given the death penalty which was the sentence for rape but no other thought was put into it which is wrong. Also the reasons behind this so quick for death you could say they were given was that the main reason they were given this without any other thought was because they were black and not white. So due to all of this it showed the people and others just how wrong and unfair the governments punishment system worked to have went the way to kill 8 of 9 boys and not look beyond it just for the simple reason they were
My paper is about the ScottsBoro case which was a case in which 9 male boys were arrested and accused for the rape of two white women. This connects with TKAM because in the book Tom Robinson was accused for rape and was given an unfair trial and was accused guilty. Also in the case the boys were unfairly tried and accused as guilty and in both the boys died and so did Tom.
This part of my paper is to give you an overview of the case. It took place in the 1930s were nine black men were falsely accused of the rape of two white women in Alabama. When the boys were on a train they got into a fight with two white males as the fight went on one of the white males jumped off and told the officials they had been attacked. After that the boys were sent to jail were the two females accused them of the rape. Only 6 of the boys were actually accused but all were trialed because the police believed all of the boys had helped but the only reason is the boys were black and the cops were white. The boys went through 3 trials in all. In the end 8 of the 9 were convicted of rape and sentenced to death. Also none of the boys were pardoned …show more content…
With this case many people saw that the governments punishment system was to harsh and unfair. One reason of this is the boys were instantly given the death penalty which was the sentence for rape but no other thought was put into it which is wrong. Also the reasons behind this so quick for death you could say they were given was that the main reason they were given this without any other thought was because they were black and not white. So due to all of this it showed the people and others just how wrong and unfair the governments punishment system worked to have went the way to kill 8 of 9 boys and not look beyond it just for the simple reason they were