Examples Of The Fair Trial In To Kill A Mockingbird

As the jury walked back to their seats, you could see the worriness in the mens eyes. The juror stood up and said “They jury of this court find Mr. Robinson guilty.” The worries was gone, and all that was left was remorse. The judge cleared out slamming the door on the way. The court room was emptying. Atticus shook Mr. Robinson hand, as the guards were taking him out. When atticus walked out the court room stood up to honor him. In To Kill A Mockingbird, it shows how unfair the justice system because an innocent man is convicted, a sheriff covered up a murder, and a guilty man got away with a crime. Atticus and Tom Robinson were sitting in their chairs waiting for the jury to come back out, and have their final decision whether Tom was guilty or not. It had been a long, judgemental, and emotional trial. There was substantial evidence that Tom had not raped Mayella Ewell and that someone else had. Things were looking good for him in the trial, the judge seemed to believe that he was innocent. The jury walked back out and sat down. Judge Taylor was polling the jury: “Guilty… …show more content…
When Tom was convicted of assaulting Mayella even though there was a lot of evidence that didn’t line up with Bob's testimony. The judge knew, Atticus knew, everybody in the courthouse knew that Bob Ewell was the true committer of the crime, but he was never charged and he ended up getting away with it. Finally Sheriff Tate cover up the murder of Bob Ewell and claimed it to be an accident, not doing his job, treating people higher than the law and not caring. One decision, created all of this unfair justice for everyone in Maycomb county, When the judge was getting the judges final decision “Guilty… guilty… guilty… guilty…”(214) It changed the lifes of everyone close to the people who were affected by one