Haywood Patterson Research Paper

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Haywood Patterson was charged for rape after being on a train with Ruby Bates and Victoria Price, and he was given the death sentence. Haywood Patterson is innocent due to three concrete details Ruby Bates never testified, No evidence of rape from the doctor, and the women were prostitutes. Admittedly, Haywood Patterson is guilty. However he is not guilty of rape. A concrete detail that supports this is that the doctor’s notes reveal no evidence of rape. Dr. R. R. Bridges that the rape victims only had dead semen and there were no traces of semen that were alive which is not an indicator of rape. The doctor also found that their heart rates were not elevated after the supposed rape. In conclusion this is the evidence surrounding the doctors

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