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The new trials of the Scottsboro Boys, this time followed closely by the national media, began in March 1933 in nearby Decatur. Haywood Patterson was the first to be tried. Arrangements had originally been made for Clarence Darrow to defend the young men, but he had not been able to work with the ILD lawyers assigned to the case. Lead counsel for the nine would instead be the renowned criminal defense lawyer from New York Samuel Leibowitz. Conditions surrounding the new trials were virtually identical to those that had characterized the first. Leibowitz was maligned both for being Jewish and for his willingness to defend blacks. His defense strategy was an aggressive one. The testimony of Victoria Price was picked apart and her credibility destroyed. Ruby Bates took the stand and admitted that her and Price's accusations of rape had been fabricated. Other witnesses appeared to...
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