[0.E.O]

Because God knows that the Alabama legislature has nothing more important to do than to pass meaningless gestures.

[Amberdawn]

They should have been pardoned long ago. Now, can we draw some attention to the actual rapes going on as we speak?

[ConorMacNessa]

A pardon for an offense they did not commit?

I would prefer to see the case reopened and a "Not Guilty" judgment entered nunc pro tunc notwithstanding the original verdict, which was unjust from the outset.



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

TV movie made about it back in 1976. The script was written to show they were innocent.

Victoria Price, one of the women who claimed to be raped, sued the producers for libel and invasion of privacy.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074723/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/SB_BPric.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/peopleevents/p_price.html

[Secret Agent Man]

women don’t lie about being raped. ever ever ever.

[yarddog]

Just how do they know they were innocent?

I would not trust any media investigation made in the last 50 years involving race.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The irony is that 10 times more such incidents of what today is called “wilding” are happening today. Bands of young black men going on vicious rampages against just about anyone are common.

Instead of arresting them, some citizen will eventually be armed and a good enough shot to execute a whole bunch of them on the spot. And of course, the usual suspects will damn him for defending his life.

[deweyfrank]

Bottom line is; it makes no difference whether they were black, white, yellow, or purple. If there is proof they didn’t commit the crime, they should be exonerated. I’m sure their relatives will find some peace in that.