Despite medical testimony that no rape occurred, the all-white jury convicted the nine of raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931. All but the youngest was sentenced to to death. The U.S. Supreme Court later overturned the convictions due to inadequate legal counsel and exclusion of Black jurors. In the end the nine “Scottsboro Boys,” who ranged in age from 12-19, spent more than 100 years in prison collectively.
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