"I say Miss Mayella lemme outa here an' tried to rub but she got her back to the door an' I'da had to push her. I didn't wanta harm her, Mr. Finch, an' I say lemme pass, but just when I say it Mr. Ewell yonder hollered through th' window." (Page 197)
This is a quote from the trial. Tom Robinson denied that he raped and beat Mayella Ewell, and had the evidence to back his statement up, but was found guilty. Even Scout waved off how the judge acted towards Tom just because he was black. "Well, Dill, after all, he's just a Negro." (Page 201)
The whole trial was wrong because the judge was already biased because he was white. He automatically believed the white woman. This reminds me of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case because men were wrongly accused of raping a woman just because the judge automatically trusted the woman's judgement more. I think this is a double standard we really need to overcome, because those Duke students were kicked out of school and what they "did" is now on their permanent record.
The judge clearly didn't care about Tom's side of the story, and definitely didn't let him share his whole story. I guess the judge just couldn't comprehend that maybe a white person was wrong. Wow! What a breakthrough! And because Mayella and her father lied, an innocent man is found guilty for doing nothing wrong.
The judge should've listened to Tom's story, and took into consideration that his left hand is unusable, and that Bob Ewell is left handed. If he thought about the evidence, maybe it would have turned out differently.
Lesson: Don't lie to protect yourself if someone else is getting stepped on in the process.
-M&M
I like how yiou said that the Judge didnt care about Toms side of the story, i think that was unfair.
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