The lawyer for Tom Robinson was Atticus finch he knew from the moment he was assigned to Tom that he wouldn't win. The society that they are in is that people who are African american have no rights and no say about anything. Atticus knows the true Maycomb behind the mask and he doesn’t want to get his children to be like the people in Maycomb. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” says “But do you think i can face my children otherwise...I hope I can Jem and Scout through without catching the Maycomb's usual disease” (Lee 117). Atticus belief about justice is not based on color/race and it's not right to convict someone just for their color. “Gentlemen a court is no better...jury is only as sound as the men who make it up..” (Lee 274).
