post 3 (blog post #4)- Tom Robinson court case

From what I understood, this is what REALLY happened : Mayella was in love with Tom Robinson so she tried to trap him in her house by telling him to come help her with chores like she normally asks him every day when he walks by. He came to help and when he walked in she blocked the door and tried to "make love with him." He resisted and eventually escaped. Her dad, Mr. Ewell, comes home and rapes her, in the process smacking her on her right cheek and threatens her to say that it was Tom Robinson. He then calls Heck Tate and tells him that his daughter has been raped to set up Tom Robinson.

During the trial Atticus tries his best to prove Tom's innocence. But no matter how right he was, everyone was too racist to accept that he was innocent.

"It was her right eye, I said" says Heck Tate when asked about Mayella's injuries. This is when Atticus knows everything. Tom Robinson could not have smacked her on her right side because his left arm is disabled. Bob however, is left handed which means he could have easily smacked her on the right side.

It's is sad that we could ever have sentenced someone just because of the color of their skin. No matter how obvious their innocence is.