To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee Racial prejudices within to kill a mockingbird and an alternate text for alternate examples.

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It is perceived that a court should be an un-bias means of determining the guilt or innocence of the accused. This is not always the case with racial, social and personal prejudices influencing decisions. It is clear in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' that there is racial prejudices in the town, when Atticus is assigned the job of defending a 'nigga' in a rape case he knows that there is no hope for Tom Robertson he still defends him and tries to fight a fair case, but unfortunately the townspeople's racial prejudices influence the decision. "The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any colour of the rainbow, but people have a way ...

... only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that" ~Miss Maudie p238 Although Atticus fought to give Tom the trial any man deserved, they both knew he could never win but they fought anyway just to prove Tom was innocent, Atticus, Jem and Scout put up with name calling, and labels that were affiliated to them just for Tom Robertson even though he was a 'nigga'. "Juror #8: It's very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth. Well, I don't think any real damage has been done here. Because I don't really

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