clarence norris, though sentenced to death twice, died of old age in the year 1989.  he was paroled in 1943 and pardoned by the alabama governor george wallace in 1976.  he spent 15 years in prison and 30 years as a fugitive running from his parole. during this period as a runaway, norris worked in new york as a warehouse employee.  he was forced to change his name upon arrival because the stigma of being a scottsboro boy was too difficult to live with.  also during his time in new york, norris unsuccessfully fought for $10,000 in reparations for the injustices against him. though each of the scottsboro boys but the youngest received the death penalty, none of them were actually executed. clarence norris was the last survivor out of the group of nine.