Personal Narrative: The Tom Robinson Trial

Racism played a big role in both Tom Robinson and the Scottsboro Boys trial. Racism led both cases to end with the same conclusion. Despite Atticus and Samuel tenaciously proving that the men were not guilty, for instance, Tom Robinson had a bad arm, which he could not have possibly hit Mayella with and many of the Scottsboro boys had their own physical weak points, the men were still wrongly convicted. Since the beginning when Tom Robinson and the Scottsboro boys first stepped foot into the courtroom their fates had already been sealed. They would be trialed unfairly because they were African American men being accused of raping white women "they couldn’t be fair if they tried. In our courts when it’s a white man's word against a black mans,

This past week, I started shadowing Bill Davis, one of fourteen judges from the eighteenth district court, which encompasses Guilford County. Judge Davis is a former public defender and newly elected district court judge. I first worked with him last year in the public defender’s office and asked a couple of months ago if I could incorporate working for him as part of my legal internship. Fortunately, he agreed. Up until last week, I had not seen Judge Davis in court. The reason for this is that I worked exclusively in the criminal courts, while Judge Davis, until recently, worked exclusively in the civil courts. His preclusion from criminal matters resulted from his previous work as a public defender. This restriction ended last week, and

Thank you jury for being so cooperative and pacient during this case. Without you people we would not be able to bring this case to an end and bring justice to our client. This should be a safe town to live in but with people like Tom Robinson raping girls, that will never be obtainable. It is without a doubt Tom Robinson’s doing because of all of the evidence stacked up against him. Tom Robinson has caused harm to our client to an unspeakable amount and because of this he should be prosecuted and charged with the crimes that he committed. The evening of November 21st Tom Robinson was on his way to work when Mayella asked him to help her bust up the chiffarobe. When she was going inside to get a nickel to pay Tom, he came inside with her. He

In the summer of of 1935, Maycomb County was struck by the news of Tom Robinson raping Mayella Ewell. Bob Ewell accused Tom and was shocked to find out that Atticus Finch would be the one to defend him. After the tria, the Jury would then decide the verdict.

Late Entry - Mr Rodney Thomas, returned this worker's call yesterday around 5PM. He stated his children were removed from his care based on false child abuse and placed them in their mother's home in April of this year even though he has a custody granted from a Judge in California.

Imagine being in the shoes of an Innocent black man being accused of rape back in Alabama in the 1930’s, think of how difficult and hard times were back then especially in that situation. Throughout the 1900’s people were looked at judged and divided between two ethnicities and skin colors which were black and whites. Throughout the course of the Novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee we meet a black character by the name of Tom Robinson who was denied justice and equal rights due to common misconceptions and unfair equality. Through Harper Lee’s perspective she implies through the character Tom Robinson that racism, prejudice, and injustice take place throughout the Novel and through the character himself and that racism and inequality

By the end of the novel a nine year old Scout has matured greatly due to the significant events of the Tom Robinson trial,racism in Maycomb,and her near death experience with Bob Ewell.After the Bob Ewell altercation Scout stumbles toward home and faintly sees,in the light of the streetlamp,a person carrying Jem towards her house.Scout makes it home and there's a bunch of running around and calling people from Dr.Reynolds to Heck Tate,the towns sheriff. Atticus tells Heck Tate that his children have been attacked.Dr.Reynolds arrives soon after and tends to Jem's broken arm and concussion, and then to Scout,who got hit in the head.Scout goes in to see Jem there she sees Atticus, Aunt Alexandra, and a man she doesn't know.Soon after Heck Tate

The months following the trial he spent muttering promises of revenge. He gathered all eight of us around him and declared the death of Tom Robinson. Cheers and laughter erupted around me. My head spiralled uncontrollably, and nausea overcame me. I darted outside for fresh air, and inhaled the sweet smell of my precious geraniums. I scanned the bed until I found the perfect one. A little pair of eyes glistening with sadness met my gaze when I turned around. I scooped my baby sister up; I did not want to do this alone. With the geranium in one hand and little Ida in the other, I trudged behind the dump, through the woods, and into the pasture. After scouting out the right place, our four little hands scooped up the earth until we had a sizeable hole. I placed the flower in the hole as a mother would place her baby in its crib. I bawled until I felt Ida’s tiny hand tug me towards home. My father took one glance at my tear-streaked face and his fist flew down on

Tom Robinson had only felt sorry for a white girl, Mayella Ewell, who was higher up the social position than which was considered “unethical.” to others. “Yes, suh. I felt right sorry for her, she seemed to try more’n the rest of ‘em-,” Mr. Gilmer empathized his answer and “nobody liked Tom Robinson’s answer,” (Lee 264). He helped her without any request of money just because of the goodness in his heart. A person like that was one of the most rare in the world, and quite selfless to care more about others than himself, but the towns people didn’t appricate that, “Mr. Gilmer smiled grimly at the jury. “You’re a mighty good fellow, it seems — did all this for not one penny?’ ” (Lee 263). The lawyer used the racial injustice against him in order to persude the jury that Tom wasn’t innocent as he seemed and saw a matter of color as an important factor. Tom had only done everything from the goodness in his heart, but Mayella accused him of rape when her father, Bob Ewell, seemed more of the criminal. The gracious man was convicted only in the matter of the color of his skin because a noble black man’s word is still no good against a white woman. In the jury’s heart, they knew that Tom Robinson didn’t commit the crime, but they couldn’t get past their prejudice and admit to themselves that he was a honest man. Atticus knew that Tom Robinson wasn’t going to win the case because of the color of his skin, but still showed support the man because of Tom’s concern of everyone. People like Tom are taken advantage of because of the gentleness that he had and providing the well being for them is immensely important.

There were several legal issues present before and during this particular case that prevented any sort of a fair trial from taking place. The largest legal issue that can be seen in the demise of Tom’s true innocence, sometimes blatantly, is that of perjury. The definition of perjuring oneself is “to make false or misleading statements under oath”, or basically lying when you have promised to tell the truth. As I stated earlier, this lack of honesty can truly break down the integrity of the justice system, because it is built on gaining facts and building an accurate picture of the case currently being tried. If everyone were to lie and tell their own story about what had taken place, we would never be able to put the puzzle together and allow the jury to fairly judge the defendant. And albeit the trial of Tom Robinson was never to be tried in a just and unquestionable manner, the further lies made by those that testified made it even harder for Atticus to prove innocence.

But then again in this prejudice town one man’s rumour was another man’s truth. I’d wanted so badly to change small Maycomb for the better of the Negro; for the better of Tom Robinson. I had a feeling i was losing the case but i can’t give up now. I was so close, so close to a taste of freedom for Tom but also myself, for the better of Scout and Jem and how their views of society will be impacted. Now was my time to prove this man’s innocence and have some justice. As i walk through the door into the main courtroom I feel all my doubt fade; i have my foot in the door with this case and the evidence to prove this man innocent, I can’t back out

I live near an island. In the center of my street sits a small wooded sanctuary; a place where the troubles and grief of daily life can be shed allowing for a renewal. It is home to a plethora of flora and fauna.

According to the hiding a suspect story, it seems unclear of how Mike was shot, and who is the real a culprit criminal? I was very confused that why nobody did not see who is shot and killed Mike? Because everyone should see Ted began showing his “quick draw” and Ted was putting the pistol against Mike’s forehead. If Ted shot a gun to Mike in this timing, everybody should have seeing Ted killed Mike. However, from this story “The stories that went around the next day expressed confusion over how the gun happened to go off and whether or not Mike was shot right then, or whether or not Ted had the gun when Mike was shot.”3 I do not know why nobody did not see who killed Mike? Because everybody on there, is not it? If everybody did not see, where was shot? After the shooting everybody left the Mike’s house. It is also I do not know why everybody left. Because if my friend was shot by somebody, I will help immediately. Therefore, I do not know why everybody left.

I was sitting in the federal courthouse in the Southern District of New York City, under oath, and I couldn’t remember how to spell my name. One deep breath later, I confidently spelled out S-P-E-N-C-E into the microphone on the stand and sent a quick glance to the mock trial scoring judges sitting in the jury box. It was the final trial in the Empire World Championship, and all the hours of hard work had led to this exact moment.

In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, although the trial of Tom Robinson does not bring an end to racism in Maycomb, it is the first small step towards a more just society. Maycomb is a town divided. The African American people of the town have no expectation that things could change, the white people of Maycomb don't think that things need to change, and Maycomb as a town is ruled by the spoken and unspoken rules of color that divide them. When Atticus defends Tom Robinson, things begin to change because people start to talk about racism.