To Kill A Mockingbird Fair Trial

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In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in Maycomb, Alabama. A trial takes place because Tom Robinson was convicted of rape charges. Also, they spend most of time spying on their neighbor Boo Radley.

Society has evolved since the time of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, causing racial bias to diminish and fair assessment under the law. Harper Lee uses the unnecessary judgement of Tom Robinson by the court to show racial bias in the government. Evidence of this includes a quote from Atticus Finch, "To begin with, this case should have never come to trial. This case is as simple as black and white." (Lee 219). This quote shows that the accused was falsely criticized due to racial bias in the governmental system, and Atticus is recognizing that the only reason this trial took place was because of Maycomb's racist tendencies. Though it does not appear as often, racial bias still occurs in the government presently. A quote from the article

To Kill a Mocking Bird - How important is the trial in dealing with the theme of Prejudice.

For instance, during the closing statement of Atticus, he remarks that “a court” is only as reasonable as it’s “jury” and he is “assured” that they will “restore the defendant to his family” (Lee 294-295). In this statement from Atticus Finch, he explains the court system is only as fair as the jury. He believes the jury should not charge Tom Robinson as guilty to assure justice. Although, the jury ends up finding Tom Robinson guilty, which depicts a flaw in the court system. After the verdict is reached as Atticus is talking to Jem, he states the “word” of a “white man always wins” (Lee 295). This text demonstrates that if a white man is going against a colored man, the white man will always win even if justice is not achieved. Atticus does not let let the color of a person’s skin affect his judgement, unlike the jury for Tom Robinson’s trial. The way the jury chose their verdict based on the color of a person’s skin shows that juries disrupt justice through racial

To be fair in the Justice system, the case must be looked at as though the jurors have no connection to the people who are being tried. The evidence must be presented as race and religion does not play affect the verdict. The verdict must be based on all of the evidence and should not reflect how much the lawyers costs or how well known they are. When someone looks at cases fairly, they will easily be able to tell that many innocent people were obviously wrongly convicted, and even worse many malevolent people were not punished for the crimes that they committed. This is a often result of racist and sexist judgements. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson, a black man is put on trial, and though he was obviously innocent

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird there is a trial including Tom Robinson. Tom robinson is a black man that is accused of beating and raping Mayella Violet Ewell, a young white woman. Atticus finch is the lawyer presenting Tom robinson in the trial. Atticus is the father of Jem and scout finch, Scout is a six to eight year old little girl and Jem is a ten to thirteen year old boy. Tom loses the trial and although he is innocent is sentenced to death only because of the fact that he is a black man accused of raping a young white woman so therefore he is guilty of the crime because during that time a black man in an all white court house will lose the trial because of racism. Each character is affect differently by the outcome of the trial.

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing” (Lee). Society affected Harper Lee in big ways. That's where she got inspiration to write her book, To Kill a Mockingbird. The biggest ways were Scottsboro nine, segregation, and Jim Crow laws. These are just three of the many ways.

In the beginning of the course we visited the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” and in this excerpt the characters of a small Alabama town have to endure through a touchy trial between an innocent black man named Tom represented by once respected white attorney of the town Atticus. Atticus received criticism along with his children by family and members of the community claiming they were traders. Though reluctant by the negative energy from fellow neighbors, Atticus knew the right thing was to defend Tom knowing an all-white jury would blindly prosecute him. The only good thing coming out of it was a prolonged jury decision as Tom was still convicted guilty and tried escaping jail resulting in his fatal death. Atticus was felt let down by the system

In the novel, African-Americans did not have access to law and order. The evidence behind that is during the trial Atticus works hard in order to provide all the evidence to the jury declaring that Tom is not guilty. Despite that, the jury’s verdict is guilty. One other evidence that proves that Maycomb County is democratic, because they have lack of political equality by being in favour of the White population, but not in favour of African-Americans.

I belive that the most significant passage in the book To Kill a Mockingbird is when Atticus is explaning why Tom was convicted to Scout and Jem. At this time, the two are trying to figure out why Mr. Robinson was convicted even though there is substantial evidence that proves him otherwise. Luckily, their father is there to clarify that the reason he lost the case was due to racial prejudice. Because Tom was black, the jurry refused to take into consideratition the solid evidence that was presented. This is a pivotal point in the book because, after this, Jem becomes more independent and Scout gets more intrested in becoming a "lady." This also forces Scout to realize that, even in her nice little town, there will always be impurity in

   The trial of Tom Robinson is central to our understanding of racial and social prejudice in Maycomb. Harper Lee uses Tom Robinson's 'crime' to bring tensions in the town to a head and the author uses the trial as a way of making the ideas behind such tensions explicit for the reader.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee portrays the development of Atticus Finch through the eyes of his daughter Scout, from her perspective Lee presents his many obstacles during a conflicting trial. From morally challenging societal beliefs to physically confronting society, this struggle develops Atticus’s morality and strengthens his sense of justice no matter the race or position in society.

I'm writing to you to talk about what has happened at the trial. I couldn't believe the verdict; I couldn't believe so many people would think that a kind-hearted man like Tom Robinson would even consider raping Mayella. In my heart I know Tom did not rape or even touch Miss Mayella. I knew by the first second I saw Tom that he wouldn't dare to touch nobody. But the real reason why I'm writing to you is that I know the Ewells were lying about the case. When I called up Bob Ewell to the witness stand; I already knew he wasn't gonna tell the truth of what really happened. I didn't do much to show any emotion towards the victim, I just stayed relaxed the whole time, wondering how this will all play out.

An example of racism is spread throughout the book, "To Kill a Mockingbird". The book talks about Tom Robinson, an African American male, who is put to trial upon the accusation of raping a white woman. Atticus, his lawyer, defends him, and tells the jury that there was no viable evidence to prove that Tom had raped or abused the 'victim', miss Ewell. Atticus accused miss Ewell's father, Bob Ewell, of staging it and convincing his daughter to join in with him. The jury, however, didn't care. "In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins." (Lee,