http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsboro_Boys
WI the 9 accused boys had ended up being lynched, as the local white mob wished to do to them, instead of being protected by the Alabama NG long enough to be (however inadequately) tried for their accused crimes ?
WI the 9 accused boys had ended up being lynched, as the local white mob wished to do to them, instead of being protected by the Alabama NG long enough to be (however inadequately) tried for their accused crimes ?