... became one of the most publicized events of the time. It had everything a made-for-the-tabloids affair could hope for: sex, money, jealousy, gambling, abuse, even a chorus girl and a red velvet swing. By all accounts, it was the Trial of the Century. Of course, the year was 1907, and ... years. One was released in 1943, two in 1944, and another escaped from prison in 1948. Only one, Clarence Norris, was pardoned--by Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace in 1976, when Norris was 64. Today the Scottsboro trials serve as a chilling reminder of prejudice and racial hatred. "Its effect was more in ...

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