Knight continued, "We all have a passion, all men in this courtroom to protect the womanhood in Alabama. What did . April 9: Patterson is found guilty during his second trial. Judge Horton warned spectators to stop laughing at her testimony or he would eject them. June 28: In a defense motion for new trials, Leibowitz argues that qualified African-Americans were kept off jury rolls. Who Were the Scottsboro Nine? - Smithsonian Magazine April through December: Organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as well as the International Labor Defense (ILD) are astonished by the age of the defendants, length of their trails, and sentences received. Clarence Norris was the only defendant finally sentenced to death. This second landmark decision in the Scottsboro Boys case would help integrate future juries across the nation. Price testified again that a dozen armed negro men entered the gondola car. to be ThoughtCo, Jul. Because the case of Haywood Patterson had been dismissed due to the technical failure to appeal it on time, it presented different issues. Roberson settled in Brooklyn and found steady work. Roy Wright A fight broke out, and the black . April 1: In the case of Norris v. Alabama, the United States Supreme Court decides that the exclusion of African-Americans on jury rolls did not protect African-American defendants of their rights to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. [80], Bates admitted having intercourse with Lester Carter in the Huntsville railway yards two days before making accusations. Daniel Anker and Barak Goodman produced the story of the Scottsboro Boys in the 2001 documentary. He died sometime in the 1960s, buried in an unmarked grave beside his brother. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. [40] There was no uproar at the announcement. Norris. [127], By January 23, 1936, Haywood Patterson was convicted of rape and sentenced to 75 yearsthe first time in Alabama that a black man had not been sentenced to death in the rape of a white woman.[2]. This court intends to protect these prisoners and any other persons engaged in this trial. "[72] Paint Rock ticket agent W. H. Hill testified to seeing the women and the black youths in the same car, but on cross-examination admitted to not seeing the women at all until they got off the train. The motion was denied. After escaping from prison in 1948, Patterson was picked up in Detroit by the FBI, but the Michigan governor refused Alabamas efforts to extradite him. Patterson replied, "I told myself to say it. What was the final verdict? On the date first set for their executions, the Scottsboro Powell, Roberson, Williams, Montgomery and Wright trial, United States Supreme Court reverses Decatur convictions, Douglas O. Linder, "Without Fear or Favor: Judge James Edwin Horton and the Trial of the 'Scottsville Boys. The case went to the United States Supreme Court on October 10, 1932, amidst tight security. Leibowitz's prompt appeal stayed the execution date, so Patterson and Norris were both returned to death row in Kilby Prison. "[30][31], Dr. Bridges repeated his testimony from the first trial. Horton. By the mid-1950s, he seemed to have settled for good in Connecticut. On cross-examination Knight confronted him with previous testimony from his Scottsboro trial that he had not touched the women, but that he had seen the other five defendants rape them.