To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee tells the story of Tom Robinson. A black man falsely accused of raping a white woman, Mayela Ewell, through the eyes of Atticus’ daughter Scout. Atticus Finch chooses to take his case and defend him. Although the case was lost from the beginning, Atticus masterfully used logos, pathos and ethos in an attempt to win over the jury so they would declare him innocent. Atticus used logos to attempt at logically convincing this racist jury that there was no way Mr. Robinson could have committed the rape.
Great Depression & New Deal Supreme Court cases 1. Powell v. Alabama (1932) a. Facts of the Case: Nine illiterate, young black men accused of raping two white women. Rape was punishable by death in the state of Alabama. The defendants’ attorney withdrew from the case, and the judge appointed members of the local bar, many of which withdrew from the case as well.
In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee there is a trail that takes place about a black man named Tom Robinson who is accused for raping a 19 year old woman named Mayella Ewell. Simply this was considered an utter failure and did not give Tom Robinson a fair trial which can be proven by three specific pieces of evidence. The first piece of evidence that shows that Tom Robinson did not receive a fair trial was because he did not receive the right to have a fair trial. The first way is that if the accused does not receive a fair trial he/she and it is ruled that the trial was unfair, the accused may typically restart the trial or have the verdict voided. The second is because it was clear throughout the book that the trial was
After the local Florida Circuit Court in Broward County issued the injunction, the decision was appealed to the United States District Court for Southern Florida where the Court ordered the sheriff to stop enforcing the injunction, but did, in fact, rule that the music was obscene, especially the song "As Nasty As They Wanna Be." The sheriff appealed the case to the United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, in Atlanta. Issue Is this music obscene under Florida state law and/or federal Constitution? Holding/Decision No Rule Obscenity must meet three part rule. Based on Supreme Court case Miller v. CA.
On top of pleading not guilty, he refused the advice of the attorney presented to him to plead insanity and blame it on black rage. The attorney tried to convince Ferguson that he would be likely to win if he plead not guilty on the basis of insanity and black rage which came from the suppression of African Americans in a white society. He refused to plead insanity and repeatedly told the court that he was sane- although he refused psychiatric analysis as well. He fired his attorney, shortly after he was granted him, and refused his right to be represented in the court of law, his right as an American citizen protected under the fourteenth amendment. This is what made this court case so interesting.
He attempts to grab the older sister, and she fought with him to get away from his grip he then proceeds to the other sister attacking her and throwing her onto the ground and begins raping her. Being a man of color talking to a white woman could be one the worst crimes any African American male could commit back in 17th century. Since he did not write his own confession, the validity of the story is questionable. It is very possible that the author could have made up his own version on what happened on that fateful day. Although the confession of Joseph Mountain sounds convincing if the reader were to examine the confession through a critical lens on the unfair treatment of African Americans judicially, Joseph Mountain life history and the authorship of the confession one would come to the conclusion that Joseph Mountain was
morality because Carl Lee killing the two rapists was illegal, but the morality of his ten year old daughter being beaten for no reason was proving that even though the murder was not legal, it was for fairness and justice. It was against the law that Carl Lee murdered the two men, but these men raped his little girl for no reason, while Carl Lee had his true reason. It was horrifying that two men picked on his young daughter to rape and beat her, she could have died. He thought that it was wrong that two men raping his daughter should be completely freed after only ten years of prison, and that they deserved worse for hurting an innocent ten year old
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird harsh injustices are endowed upon the Negro race. This is because it is placed in the south, before many civil rights acts were fully respected. The Negro with the biggest injustice in the novel is Tom Robinson. Robinson is put on a trial for a crime that he clearly did not commit. Because the color of Robinson’s skin he is given an unfair trial and is found to be guilty by the jury.
When a black person murders another black, it’s barely seen that the defendant receives capital punishment. It seems like the systems only really cares about white murder victims. Receiving capital punishment for being a murder is wrong, even a criminal deserves to live their life. They will just have to life their life in jail. Giving someone the death penalty is murder so, that’s like saying the prosecutor should be
40In the Chattahoochee Judicial District of Georgia, described above, prosecutors used 83% of their peremptory jury strikes against African-Americans. Six black defendants were tried by all-white juries.41 Embracing a certain quotient of racial bias and discrimination against the poor is an inexorable aspect of supporting capital punishment. This is an immoral condition that makes rejecting the death penalty on moral grounds not only defensible but necessary for those who refuse to accept unequal or unjust administration of punishment." Death sentences are imposed in a criminal justice system that treats an individual better if she or he was rich and guilty than if that individual was poor and