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1 2 3 4 5 "The trial was held in Scottsboro just two weeks after the arrests, and an all-white jury quickly recommended the death penalty for eight of the nine boys, all except 13-year-old Leroy Wright" (Paragraph 5). How does the quoted sentence contribute to the development of ideas in the text?​

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This sentence reveals the racial bias of the all-white jury that was chosen for the trial.

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