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 until the year of 2000 after they had all passed away. Next we will look at how this case was such a significant one in the terms of its impact on the capitals punishment system. …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 black. Now we look at the mistakes each of the groups in the cases made and how race impacts many outcome of court cases. So first let's look at the boys. In their first trial they all messed up by blaming each other which also didn’t help their cause anymore. Now for the jurys mistakes first they convicted the boys of rape but there was no evidence to prove it. Also the doctors had checked the women if they were really raped and no proof of it showed up. Next as could be thought no evidence found but still the boys were convicted. Now for a shocker of how the race would impact the outcome the jury was all white and the boys were all black. Then no evidence was found but do to the race aspect of it they were still convicted. Finally all cases were impacted by race as blacks weren’t respected. So now you know why this case was wrong, had a significant impact,
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 until the year of 2000 after they had all passed away. Next we will look at how this case was such a significant one in the terms of its impact on the capitals punishment system. …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 black. Now we look at the mistakes each of the groups in the cases made and how race impacts many outcome of court cases. So first let's look at the boys. In their first trial they all messed up by blaming each other which also didn’t help their cause anymore. Now for the jurys mistakes first they convicted the boys of rape but there was no evidence to prove it. Also the doctors had checked the women if they were really raped and no proof of it showed up. Next as could be thought no evidence found but still the boys were convicted. Now for a shocker of how the race would impact the outcome the jury was all white and the boys were all black. Then no evidence was found but do to the race aspect of it they were still convicted. Finally all cases were impacted by race as blacks weren’t respected. So now you know why this case was wrong, had a significant impact,