Tom Robinson Research Paper

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Tom Robinson, a 25-year-old man was accused of attacking a young, 19-year-old white girl, Mayella Ewell, in Maycomb, Alabama on May 16, 1935. Tom Robinson is married to Helen and has three children. Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell, brought charges against Tom Robinson. He was taken into court; however, the verdict was already in favor of Mayella Ewell considering that the color of her skin is white and Tom Robinson is black. Judge John Taylor, the judge of the Tom Robinson case, believed that Tom was innocent; therefore, he hired Atticus Finch, the greatest defense attorney in Maycomb who took Tom's case. Heck Tate, the Sheriff, said that Mayella Ewell was hit on the right side of her body. Atticus explained that Tom Robinson could not have