Racism and sexism play a strong role in the case. In the case of Scottsboro, Ozie Powell was clearly innocent of rape. With consideration of all the evidence, it can be clearly inferred that Ozie Powell had done nothing wrong with the exception of hoboing. Obviously, Ozie was guilty of hoboing. However, he is not guilty of rape. This is shown when the victim, Victoria Price, would not be able to answer the posed questions completely. Whenever Price was questioned about the event, she would respond with indirect or incomplete answers. She would say things like, “I don’t know” or “I can’t say” (Price’s Testimony). This would lead anyone in a right mind to believe that Price had made up a fake story and she was unable to provide answers when