Atticus Finch Morals

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“More than half of death row exonerates are Black. Of the 185 people exonerated from death row since 1973, about 53% are Black, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Historically, the death penalty has been disproportionately applied to Black people in the U.S., and they are still overrepresented on death row. Today, the states that sentence the most people to death are those that once carried out the most lynchings.” (Daniele Selby). Tom Robinson, like the Scottsboro boy, was falsely accused of raping/assaulting whites. Having morals allows people to make decisions when thrown into tough situations. Atticus Finch from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) and Samuel Simon Leibowitz, who represented the Scottsboro boy, show …show more content…
Try fighting with your head for a change.”” (Lee, 78). Don't let what others say affect you and don't ever let what they say lead to you being physically violent. Sometimes people may say things to try and get you upset, but if you have strong morals like Atticus Finch you will hold yourself strong and try to teach others to do the same. Part of holding yourself strong with your morals is doing what you think is right, even when what you do isn’t a normal thing to do. “The Scottsboro teens' legacy compels us to recognize and confront racial inequities in the juvenile justice system and ensure just treatment for every youth.”(Ryan, 7). Fighting to help fix racial inequities isn't widely known, and Atticus and Samuel Simon Leibowitz are still doing whatever they can despite most people not believing in it. To some people, what Atticus Finch and Samuel Leibowitz were doing was seen as a breaking of their innocence. In the town of Maycomb, if you kill a mockingbird, it's known as a sign of killing innocence. “Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (Lee 93). The town holds mockingbirds to a special hierarchy and believes they are a sign of