racism in the court system
Racism in the Court System
In the South, the judicial system was controversial whether you were African American, an immigrant or part of a jury. They showed how the jury selection was racist because if you weren’t the same race as the jury, you would be found guilty. An example is in the Scottsboro Trial, the jury in those trials had no blacks on the juries. This would provide an unfair trial for Blacks and deny them any justice. The arrest of the boys, trial, and events following the case of the Scottsboro Trials were an example of the racism and the unfair treatment of blacks in the court system.
The Scottsboro Trails was a gang rape case of 2 white girls by 9 black boys. This occurred on a train heading to Memphis. The police stopped the train and took the 9 boys to Scottsboro jail. Price, 1 of the girls, went to the jail and picked 6 of the boys out. She said, “They were the ones who raped me.” The story went Nationwide. The case went to the Alabama Supreme Court. The 5 boys tried were sentenced to life in prison on death, while the last 4 were set free. All were released from prison by 1950.
During the trials of the Scottsboro Boys, multiple events of racism occurred. A newspaper placed a negative shadow over the boys by calling them Negros, and asserting that the girls identified them as their rapists. The boys were sent to a prison that was condemned for whites over 2 years prior. Blacks over excluded from jury rolls providing unfavorable juries. It was noted in one case that a jury was laughing as it brought in the verdict after the liberating only 5 minutes. At one point, the jury was told not one white woman in Alabama would consent to sex with a black. Finally, in general one is presumed innocent until found. Unfortunately for the Scottsboro Boys the reverse of that was true.
The jury system has changed overtime in America. In the Scottsboro trials, there were no blacks on the jury. The Scottsboro boys didn’t gang rape her but
In the South, the judicial system was controversial whether you were African American, an immigrant or part of a jury. They showed how the jury selection was racist because if you weren’t the same race as the jury, you would be found guilty. An example is in the Scottsboro Trial, the jury in those trials had no blacks on the juries. This would provide an unfair trial for Blacks and deny them any justice. The arrest of the boys, trial, and events following the case of the Scottsboro Trials were an example of the racism and the unfair treatment of blacks in the court system.
The Scottsboro Trails was a gang rape case of 2 white girls by 9 black boys. This occurred on a train heading to Memphis. The police stopped the train and took the 9 boys to Scottsboro jail. Price, 1 of the girls, went to the jail and picked 6 of the boys out. She said, “They were the ones who raped me.” The story went Nationwide. The case went to the Alabama Supreme Court. The 5 boys tried were sentenced to life in prison on death, while the last 4 were set free. All were released from prison by 1950.
During the trials of the Scottsboro Boys, multiple events of racism occurred. A newspaper placed a negative shadow over the boys by calling them Negros, and asserting that the girls identified them as their rapists. The boys were sent to a prison that was condemned for whites over 2 years prior. Blacks over excluded from jury rolls providing unfavorable juries. It was noted in one case that a jury was laughing as it brought in the verdict after the liberating only 5 minutes. At one point, the jury was told not one white woman in Alabama would consent to sex with a black. Finally, in general one is presumed innocent until found. Unfortunately for the Scottsboro Boys the reverse of that was true.
The jury system has changed overtime in America. In the Scottsboro trials, there were no blacks on the jury. The Scottsboro boys didn’t gang rape her but