Summarize the main points of each of the statements chosen. What stuck out to you about these testimonies and why? No “I” should be used/ You should be writing at least five sentences for each excerpt read
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Ruby Bates: During the testimony of Ruby Bates, she confesses she lied to them and was told by Victoria Price what to say. Ruby said she and Victoria was never raped, threatened, talked, or spoke to the Scottsboro Boys. The court also talked to her about when she testified at Scottsboro. She said that they didn’t actually have a pistol like she said. Also, she confessed she couldn’t read but signed papers to saying that the raping was true. Overall, this testimony of Ruby Bates made her seem like a big liar, making it hard for the court to decide what is true and what isn’t.

Judge’s instructions to the Jury: …show more content…
But, this evidence has only been denied by her. He tells them to go through the evidence and to sort out the lies and truths, and have them decide what to believe. Judge Horton then says that he has done what he thought was right, and not what would affect his personal life. He tells them to not let any petty prejudices into this case, and that they are not trying by race but are trying if the defendant raped a girl. He then ends it with saying that he wants righteousness and justice done in his native land. Overall, I think this is good instructions for the Jury to go by because at this time a lot of the people were racist, and would automatically assume a black men would have raped a white