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any prejudices at all. On the other hand, Bob Ewell is a prime example of 'White Trash'. He has a seething hatred for the Negroes and even though he is neither morally better nor more respectable than Tom

Atticus’ brilliance in the courts would’ve done nothing. During this time period, from the streets to the courts, everything had been poisoned by the roots of racism. In Scout’s case, she finally understands that a black man’s word would never win over a white man’s word, no matter the circumstance. Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird displays an impeccable example of racism in the justice system. But, many don’t realize that racialism is also inconspicuously hidden in today’s modern court system. Paul Street, a

filled with the ingrained racism of Maycomb county. Black and White people were clearly separated in the county and how they were separated physically. While in the second part, Tom Robinson’s trial exposes how deep Maycomb’s racism went. While good men, who seemed to be respectful and good, showed how they felt about Tom, Scout and Jem started to understand what had been hidden deep in Maycomb’s heart. Even though they had lived there all their life, they had only then realized and saw in person what

Mr. Hunt was 19 years old at the time and after an appeal was convicted again by an all white jury of his peers. Even though there was no physical evidence that linked Mr. Hunt to the crime, he was sentenced to life in prison. Ten years later, DNA evidence cleared him of the crime but his appeals were still rejected. He was released from prison

the entire town immediately ridicules Finch for offering his services to a black man accused of raping white women. A quote that highlights pre-trial racial injustice in the town of Maycomb, Alabama is when Cecil, a friend of Scout, tells her “my folks said your daddy was a disgrace,” (Chapter 9). Later on, before the trial begins, there is another example of racial prejudice, when a group of white men attempt to lynch Tom Robinson before the trial even begins. This attempt to lynch Tom Robinson is

them. The jury deliberating Tom’s case is made up of people who have grown up in a world of segregation and discrimination; their society has inculcated this mindset into Tom’s jury. This jury “couldn’t be fair if they tried. In [those] courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. They’re ugly, but those are the facts of life” (295). Unfortunately, that is the way it is in the time of Tom’s trial, and even oftentimes now. Those making up the jury have practically

Superior White Forces Although many believe that racism and segregation have declined over the years, The Washington Post notes, in a 2016 analysis, that black Americans are 2.5 times as likely as white Americans to be shot and killed by police officers (Lowery). In the 1930s and 1950s, Tom Robinson, Emmett Till, and the nine Scottsboro boys were sentenced to death after facing an all-white jury for a crime they did not commit. In 1931, nine, young, unemployed, black men were falsely accused of raping

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, a jury is gathered to decide the future of Tom Robinson. In the court case gone rogue, the innocence of a black man, Tom Robinson, is brought to an all white jury. The only sliver of hope this accused man has is in the hands of an unprejudiced lawyer, Atticus Finch. Atticus starts his speech of by telling the jury: “This case is as simple as black and white … the defendant is not guilty, but somebody in this courtroom is.” (233) Atticus Finch uses rhetorical appeals

closing argument to the jury and people of Maycomb in order to persuade them to see beyond their prejudice and free Tom Robinson. As Atticus defends Tom, he wants to create a straightforward environment for the trial. When Atticus says that the case “is as simple as black and white” (Lee 271), this logos creates an environment that signifies equality for the defendant. Atticus uses black and white to show the logical verdict of the trial being laid out before the jury. The jury then can see that race

the United States. Black defendants have endured a long history of discrimination and inequality in the white dominated criminal justice system. To this day, it is impossible to determine if jurors present an unbiased trial for defendants regardless of their racial background. Although an undercurrent of racist attitudes may continue to influence modern courtrooms, racial prejudice in today’s juries is not as salient and widespread as it had been in the past. Mockingbird Trial As To Kill a Mockingbird