Why Was The Scottsboro Trial Unfair

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There is a lot of people that are killed just because of false trials. Life isn’t always fair. There is going to be innocents killed and young blacks killed because their black. Justice is always served in mysterious ways. There has been many trials were no fair trials for blacks just because of their color. The Scottsboro trial was unfair. It had all evidence saying they are not guilty but they are still murdered. The Scottsboro boys are nine African American teens that were falsely blamed for rape of two white women. The boys was looking for work so they boarded a train. On the train there was a group of white hobs. The group of hobs didn’t want the nine black men on the train. So they got into a tussle. They whites ended up getting thrown off. This little altercation spread quickly and Scottsboro deputy told the conductor to bring the train to there town. The deputies arrested the nine black teens and searched the train. The Scottsboro deputies found two white women. Ruby Bates and Victoria Price claimed the nine men rapped them. Ms.Price was a known seller of her goods. Both of the girls didn’t want to get fined for the vagrancy law so they accused them. There was no way he would know what sex is and how to …show more content…
It may not be in that same situation or seem like the little glory we have doesn't seem like anything it’s much. For example you have the end of slavery this is a great justice for black people the 13th amendment allowed us to be where we are at now. The 15th amendment allowed the blacks to earn their equal rights stating that the united states constitution doesn’t allow any of the governments to deny any citizens their right to vote. This was a major milestone this allow our voting system to be the way it is now. Even though this doesn’t seem like justice it is because without some of these things happening we wouldn’t be the same. This goes to show that justice is always

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