Powell v. Alabama

The defendant had been charged with rape of two white women by the state of Alabama. The defendant’s argument in the subsequent appeals was that they had been denied their right to due process because they were not allowed to confer with their attorney. In the case argued before the Supreme Court, it was held that due process of law had not been adhered to. This was as a result of the incapability of the defendants to employ counsel and also because of their incapability to undertake their own defense

Supreme Court Case The United States’ attention was captivated on the Supreme Court Case of Powell vs Alabama during the 1930s. During the time period, this case revealed the brutal treatment towards African Americans more than any other event. The case began on March 25, 1931, when a group of young white and African American youths were traveling on a train to find a job. A physical encounter broke out between them and the white youths were thrown out of the train. Then they reported the incident

In 1931, nine African American boys were accused of raping two white women. The boy’s ages ranged from 12-20 years old. The names of the black boys were Roy Wright 12, Eugene Williams 13, Charlie Weems 16, Ozie Powell 16, Willie Roberson 16, Olen Montgomery 17, Haywood Patterson 18, Andy Wright 19, and Clarence Norris 19. The trial is notoriously known as The Scottsboro Boys Trial. While the trial is considered a key trial in America’s criminal justice system, it showed the injustice in the Jim

Boys Have you ever heard of the Scottsboro Boys or wondered about the early Jim Crow South? Well, the Scottsboro Boys were a group of black youths that got into a fight with white boys in a freight car on a train going from Chattanooga, TN south to Alabama. After the white boys told officers about the fight, the Boys were taken into custody. Then two white girls that were on the train accused the black youths of rape and they were officially arrested. The story of the Scottsboro Boys is one of cruelty

The Scottsboro boys consisted of nine young men, from the ages of twelve to twenty, living in Scottsboro, Alabama during the 1930s. The racial injustice in South Alabama was at an all time high during this decade. While the public derived various opinions on the boy’s innocence or guilt, the Scottsboro Boys Trials presented a blatantly obvious verdict. On March 31st, 1935, a diverse group of desperate people, whites and blacks, were riding on a freight train in search of jobs or work. The incident

the United States in 1931, during America’s Great Depression, nine African American boys faced what is now known as one of America’s most tragic trails in history. These young boys were accused of raping two white girls while riding a train through Alabama. This accusation brought forth a mob of white people in the town of Scottsboro. The boys spent years on trial for this. The first trial was thought to have been the final convention, little did they know it was only the beginning. A second trial was

there isn’t proof to show it? This question is one of the many jurors have to ask themselves while making decisions in cases with purely circumstantial evidence. On March 25th 1931, Haywood Patterson, Clarence Norris, Andy Wright, Roy Wright, Ozzie Powell, Willie Roberson, Charles Weems, Eugene Williams, and Olen Montgomery- also known as the Scottsboro boys, were charged with rape by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. The girls claimed to have been raped by the Scottsboro boys after fighting broke out

In Scottsboro, Alabama, March 9, 1931 nine African american boys, Olen Montgomery, Clarence Norris, Haywood Patterson, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Charles Weems, Eugene Williams, Andy Wright, and Roy Wright were incriminated of rapeing two white women on the subway. As they were accused of raping Ruby Bates and Victoria Price they were put on trial. This trail was long and unfair. On the train the boys were evidently taken away by the sheriff, once Ruby told a posse member (sheriff/police) of

takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s, where African Americans were segregated by white men. Harper Lee said that the Scottsboro trial, which was a trial that started because of discrimination, inspired her on writing To Kill a Mockingbird. Despite the differences between the Scottsboro Boys and To Kill a Mockingbird, both of them had an impact on the racial implications and laws of the south. The Scottsboro Trials was a sad tragedy that took place in Alabama during the 1930s. While

hopped upon the Southern Railroad freight train headed for Memphis, Tennessee. (Linder) After coming up victorious in a rock throwing altercation in the train with a gang out white teenagers, the nine “Scottsboro Boys” were greeted in Paint Rock, Alabama by an army of armed men rushing the freight train. The boys were then arrested for vagrancy and disorder (Brinley 570) Later, two unemployed, female mill workers, Victoria Price and Ruby Bates, claimed that twelve black boys wielding knives and pistols