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William "Boss" Tweed ran the Democratic party machine in 19th century New York City called Tammany Hall and was eventually convicted of corruption and embezzlement of government funds.
Tweed and his accomplices committed about $30 million to $200 million in fraud. It was only after a series of articles in the New York Times in 1871 that these practices came to an end. Tweed was indicted and in 1873 he was sentenced to an initial 12 years in prison. After serving one year, he was released but was immediately arrested again. A civil suit followed, but on December 4, 1875, Tweed managed to escape. He was eventually detained in Spain by the authorities there and extradited to the US where he would remain in prison until his death two years later.
The correct answer is West Virginia
Answer: False
Explanation:
The trial of the Scottsboro Boys serves as an example of a botched or ill performed trial, mainly due to the fact that those who were tried were black adolesents against a white jury, court and prosecutors. Though the trial was later proved to be ill conducted and the 9 teenagers pardoned when their innocence came to light, at the time extensive appeals and new trials were required to prevent them from being sentenced to death for the false acusation of raping two white women.
John Wycliffe is a theologian at Oxford University who spoke of the scripture which he considered to be primary in authority. John Hus was attracted by the writings of Wycliffe. Wycliffe's writings were banned and declared heretic. On 1428, his body was burned.
