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Compare And Contrast The Tom Robinson Trial

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Comparing Trials.
We have court trials monthly, whether it's minor or major. But, without a witness how will the jury pick a side and decide if the accused is guilty or not guilty? As trails exist in non-fiction they exist in fiction. “To Kill a Mockingbird” trial and the Zimmerman trial have similarities and differences. But they also have the central idea of racism and judgement of the jury.
THE TOM ROBINSON TRIAL
The Tom Robinson trial or “To Kill a Mockingbird” trial is a trial that Tom Robinson was accused of rape. The trial takes place in the 1930s in a rather small town named Maywell, its population had a white dominance. Tom Robinson was a black man with a crippled left arm, he was a good man that had a wife and kids.
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