Tommy Lee Hines arriving for his trial at the Cullman County courthouse in Cullman, Alabama.
Hines, a 26-year old man who was said to have the mind of a 6-year-old child, had been charged with raping three white women in Decatur. Because his lawyer argued that he could not get a fair trial in Morgan County, it was moved to Cullman, where an all-white jury convicted him of one rape and sente...
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/124883 |