book is the trial of Tom Robinson. He was accused of rape by Mayella Ewell and was found guilty. The testimonies everyone had evidence that Tom was innocent‚ but a jury of all white people did not favor a Black over a White. In this journal I will be predicting and evaluating. Predict: I think Tom will be innocent G- I predict that Tom will be innocent Y- Mr.Ewell might have beat up Mayella R- The person who attacked her was left-handed R- Mr.Ewell did not call a doctor Y- Tom is too kind
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Tomorrow is trial for Tom Robinson. He is accused of the rape of Mayella Ewell‚ a white‚ nineteen year old girl. Although I am extremely nervous for the pending verdict‚ my evidence may change Tom’s fate. I can’t help fearing the worst things that can happen during and after this case. My mind is running with thoughts like‚ what will be the final verdict‚ will this trial be fair and lastly‚ how will my dearest children react? Fingers crossed my evidence will bring my client to justice. My thoughts
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Tom Robinson was accused for raping a young women named Mayella Ewell on May 18. Mayella Ewell is the oldest of 8 sibling in her family‚ she is motherless and takes care of the smaller children while she works around her father’s house. The whole court house was filled with white families sitting on the bottom rows of cowhide-bottomed chairs while the blacks had to stay in the balcony. The trial started with Mr. Heck Tate in the witness stand‚ on the left of him was Judge Taylor. Mr. Tate described
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challenging for Tom Robinson in To Kill A Mockingbird‚ and also minorities in real life. Every day‚ they are discriminated against‚ and it is very unfair. To Kill a Mockingbird has many non-fiction parts‚ which makes the novel better than many others. Harper Lee presented Tom’s trial in ways that can be easily compared to real life trials‚ such as the Scottsboro trial. Tom Robinson’s trial was definitely the most dramatic‚ yet the most realistic part in this piece of writing. In the trial‚ Tom Robinson
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury‚ we are all gathered here today for the case of Tom Robinson and the accused rape of Mayella Ewell. First off‚ I would like to thank the jury for taking time out of the day to come and hear this case. I am here today to prove that my client Tom Robinson is not guilty for five reason main reasons. Tom had no ability to strangle a Mayella with two hands. The man that attacked Mayella Ewell was left-handed. Mr. Ewell never called a doctor‚ showing he didn’t care about
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you as a person‚ defending a person. A person that I believe to be innocent. Tom Robinson would pass Mayella Ewells house on his way to the fields everyday‚ to help her out with things around the house. This dose not make him guilty. Tom is a good man. He would never hurt a fly. In fact his owner made a statement that "hes never caused a speck of trouble." My first point of evidence has to do with DNA and blood. Tom Robinson has type AB blood‚ which was not found at the scene. Mr. Ewell has type O blood
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Tom Robinson vs Scottsboro Boys The book To Kill a Mockingbird symbolizes how a community of decent human beings can be corrupted by simple commonplace stereotypes within society‚ the Scottsboro trial is a real life example of how even in the 20th century individuals were scapegoats of this malicious prejudice. This type of prejudice united the most ignorant Americans into the absurd trail of thought that African Americans were‚ in some way‚ inferior to even the most uneducated Caucasian due to
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The Scottsboro Trials The Scottsboro Boys were nine black teenage boys accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. On March 25‚ 1931‚ several people were on a train traveling between Chattanooga and Memphis‚ Tennessee. Several white boys jumped off the train and reported to the sheriff they had been attacked by a group of black boys. The sheriff stopped the train and searched it. In Paint Rock‚ Alabama
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being denied to innocent black men‚ an issue that has raised awareness for far to long. To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Nelle Harper Lee‚ was written in 1960. In this novel‚ the man falsely accused of raping a white woman has no hope. In the 1930’s Scottsboro boys trials‚ which took place just decades before the novel was written‚ a group of black men were also falsely accused of raping white women. Although there have been many great movements to promote equality and integration since the 1900s‚ the bias
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in the Tom Robinson Trial To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee depicts the life of young Scout Finch growing up during the Great Depression in the town of Maycomb County‚ Alabama. Scout’s father‚ Atticus raised his children to grow up respecting their own and others individualism. Racism in this novel and during this era is clearly evident in parts of the United States including Maycomb County. Due to Atticus’ beliefs he is compelled to defend the wrongly accused African American‚ Tom Robinson
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