Tom Robinson Trial

Never Kill A Incidence Person During the Great Depression, there was racism going around the United States. Well in a small city called Maycomb, Alabama where I used to live I was a lawyer. I was assigned to defend an African American ( Tom Robinson) who was accused of raping a white young lady ( Mayella Ewell). I took the case and I tried my hardest to not get Tom in prison. Tom knew Mayella because for years he walked by her house to get to work. I didn't think Tom would be capable of hurting her at all for any reason. Well this case was difficult, but it taught me to fight for what is right because that's what I did. During Mayella dads (Bob Ewell) testimony I was not believing anything they were saying. (First of all Bob said that he hear her scream when he was in the woods getting somethings (230-231). I knew they were lying because Mayella has invited Tom More than once to her house. She liked him a lot. Also things were going through my head saying Tom would not do just a thing like they are saying he did. I did not believe one bit what they were saying. (Mr. Gilmer asked Mayella tell me in your own words (241). (she said that …show more content…
When the jury said that my client was guilty for the rape I was very sad because I tried my hardest to not get him in trouble I know that is my job but I knew that he did not do nothing to her. When I was leaving the courtroom and I seen all of the African Americans sad that there friend was proven guilty when he did not do nothing. But they were not mad at me because they knew that I tried my hardest with the case. People said that I shouldn't be defending African American because I am white and he Was black. I stood up for a good person. Before I left I whispered in Tom's ear and I told him (215). I took this case very hard for because I did not win this case when did did not do nothing to that