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Scottsboro attack case restarts after delays in Alabama
In Scottsboro Alabama prosecutors reopen the nine Negro defendants in the long running attack case. The defendants face potential death by electrocution if convicted again as juries in Jackson and Morgan counties are chosen anew. Virginia Price testified while Ruby Bates could not be located. The piece also notes past Supreme Court rulings on defense adequacy and jury exclusion.
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Scottsboro
Ala
Supreme Court
Creed Conyers
Conyers
Paint Rock
Virginia Price
Ruby Bates
Southern Railway
Price
Miss Bates
Clarence Norris
Haywood Patterson
Jackson County
Morgan County