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Autor/inn/en | Roe, Richard L; und weitere |
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Titel | Does the Constitution Protect the Despised? |
Quelle | In: Update on Law-Related Education, 8 (1984) 1, S.24-27 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
Schlagwörter | Blacks; Constitutional History; Constitutional Law; Court Litigation; Criminal Law; Due Process; Justice; Racial Discrimination; State Legislation |
Abstract | Presented is the history of the Scottsboro case, in which eight Black men were found guilty and sentenced to death for raping two White women in Alabama. At the heart of the Scottsboro trials was the issue of whether the U.S. Constitution established standards of justice in state criminal trials. (RM) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |