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The trials of the nine defendants began twelve days later in an atmosphere so charged with racial hatred that their safety could only be assured by the presence of a small force of deputies. Local editors had already concluded that the youths were guilty and should be treated severely, if only for the fact that they had dared to assault a white woman. The defendants were divided into four groups, based on their ages and the strength of the evidence against them. The first to be tried were Weems and Norris. Questions regarding the strength of the evidence against them arose almost immediately. The medical doctors who had examined the women testified that they had found little physical evidence of rape, that they had observed only minor bruises or lacerations on the body of Victoria Price and none on Ruby Bates, and that...
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