Which of the Following Statements About the Scottsboro Case Is

Which of the following statements about the Scottsboro case is LEAST accurate?

A) White Alabamans prided themselves on the initial verdict because,even though the black defendants were sentenced to death on flimsy evidence,they nonetheless were not lynched.
B) Despite initially receiving death sentences,all of the convicted defendants were eventually released.
C) The case brought national and international attention to the South's often barbaric justice system,and the worst aspects of the Jim Crow system.
D) The notoriety of the case led to the substantial erosion of legal protections for African Americans,as white southerners dug in their heels against calls for reform.