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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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Scottsboro Boys trials
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gptkbp:charge
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rape
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:defendant
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9
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gptkbp:defenseAttorney
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gptkb:Joseph_Brodsky
gptkb:Samuel_Leibowitz
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gptkbp:endDate
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1950
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Scottsboro Boys cases
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:activist
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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gptkb:Ruby_Bates
gptkb:Scottsboro_Boys
gptkb:Victoria_Price
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Alabama,_United_States
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage
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extensive national and international attention
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gptkbp:notableDefendant
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gptkb:Charlie_Weems
gptkb:Clarence_Norris
gptkb:Haywood_Patterson
gptkb:Olen_Montgomery
gptkb:Ozie_Powell
gptkb:Roy_Wright
gptkb:Willie_Roberson
gptkb:Eugene_Williams
gptkb:Andy_Wright
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gptkbp:organization
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gptkb:Communist_Party_USA
gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:International_Labor_Defense
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gptkbp:pardonIssued
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2013 (posthumous pardons for last three defendants)
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gptkbp:precedentSet
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jury selection fairness
right to counsel in capital cases
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gptkbp:prosecutor
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Thomas Knight Jr.
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gptkbp:raceOfAccusers
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White
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gptkbp:raceOfDefendants
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gptkb:African-American
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gptkbp:relatedCourtCase
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gptkb:Norris_v._Alabama
gptkb:Patterson_v._Alabama
gptkb:Powell_v._Alabama
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gptkbp:result
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landmark Supreme Court decisions
multiple convictions overturned
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gptkbp:significance
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highlighted racial injustice in the legal system
established right to effective counsel
addressed exclusion of African Americans from juries
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gptkbp:startDate
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1931
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gptkbp:state
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gptkb:Alabama
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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gptkb:The_Scottsboro_Boys_(musical)
books
films
musicals
plays
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (documentary)
To Kill a Mockingbird (inspiration)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Norris_v._Alabama
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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