On March 25 1931, there was a gang called the “Scottsboro Boys”. The Scottsboro boys involved 9 black boys who were accused of raping a white woman. It is said that Harper Lee got lots of inspiration from this trial. Like in chapter 9, when Atticus was defending a black man on trial who raped a woman. In the Scottsboro boys case, 6 out of the 9 boys were accused of being there when they don’t have any evidence. Same with “To Kill A Mockingbird”. When you don’t have any evidence, how do you know if they're guilty or not?
-Jillian
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_acct.html
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the problem is that he was supposed to have raped a white woman, not just any woman.
other than that,
its really good:)
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