Speech On The Scottsboro Trial

Dear ladies and gentleman of the jury, we have come here today to asses the case of the “Scottsboro Boys.” These clients are undoubtedly innocent, they just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. It is very crucial for the Supreme Court to hear this case, for it is very unconstitutional and all the convicted deserve a fair trial. The prosecution had interesting evidence pointing towards the guilty verdict. On March 25, 1931 nine black boys were riding a freight train from Chattanooga to Hunstville. Among those boys were four young whites and two white women, Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. They were coming back to Huntsville after unsuccessful job searches in Chattanooga. After the train crossed the Alabama border a stone throwing fight had erupted between the white and black boys. …show more content…
As soon as the boys got off the train in Scottsboro they were tied with plow line and loaded into a flatbed truck and taken to jail. The two women who were on the train were also greeted by the group that was there to arrest the boys. Those girls were Vitoria Price and Ruby Bates. They had told the group that they were raped by a gang of twelve black boys with pistols and knives (pg2). The trials for the boys had started twelve days after their arrest in Scottsboro. There was sufficient evidence explaining how the boys were guilty. The boys were all on the train as well as the girls. After a doctor’s examination there was sperm found in both of the girls, proving that they had been sexually active (pg 5). There was also a witness that was there. Arthur Woodall had testified that he searched one of the boys and found a knife