What happens when society as a whole despises black people, and wish nothing but the worst for them? In the Scottsboro Trial that is what happened. Twelve young black males were accused of raping two white females on a train. The societies values are looked at in this case and whether or not the values in the nineteen thirties was as amiable as they wanted to be perceived.In the Scottsboro Trial Victoria Price was asked to testify against her assailants, and tell the court what they wanted to hear. Victoria Price was bribed with money from the Sheriff to say that she was raped by the black males that were on the train (127). The other girl that was supposedly raped was seventeen years old her name was Ruby Bates. She also was bribed by the sheriff to give a false testimony to the court to ensure the death of these black men. In the state of Alabama it was a guarantee that any black man accused of rape would face the harshest penalty there was which in these cases was death (119). No matter what the facts said the men were going to die even if they were innocent (119). There is no sense of values in society in the trial of the Scottsboro case. There are just a bunch of white aristocrats that are looking for another way to perform an act of ethnic cleansing so that their race will stand out predominately over any other.One person who did demonstrate good judgement and values was the judge. This one person jeopardized his whole political career to see that just was served, and was served right (135). The judge James E. Horton risked his all to bring justice to this case. He deliberated over the evidence that was presented, and after seeing the letter that stated that Victoria Price did lie on the stand made the case that much easier to reign over. Victoria Price was shown to have no moral values at all. It was noted that she told the white people that were in jail with her that they should go with her story because they wo...
