Tom Robinson's Suffering In To Kill A Mockingbird

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The Tom Robinson case is over. All I can say is it is a shame that Tom Robinson went to jail. I did my job and I did what was right, but at the end, it doesn’t seem that way. When Tom Robinson died it was a sad day for those who believed in him, I know it is sad for me. I, as sheriff, did my job by taking Tom under question because of the lack of evidence, but I was hoping it would turn out better than this. I do know there was change, though, I can see it in the community, people are more open-minded and if not that, they understand how unequal the races are. A good example of that is Bob Ewell, he knew that Atticus made a better case against him and wanted to get back at him. I did not know he wanted to harm Atticus’s children. I may have

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