Hello Mr. Underwood, I am a relative of the Cunninghams and was indeed a jury member in the Mayella Ewell vs. Tom Robinson case. While I was on the jury, it was the night after I tried to kill Mr. Tom Robinson with my family. That gave me an interesting perspective on the case, and that is why I am writing to you today. Miss Jean Louise Finch first gave me the idea that night. We are all humans and all our instincts should be of humans, which means not having prejudice. While in court as a member of the jury, Atticus made me put that lesson to the test. I saw the holes in the prosecution argument but wound up voting that Tom was guilty because my vote would not have made a difference. Atticus proved to me that Mr. Tom Robinson was innocent by making sure we knew all the holes in prosecutors story. All the witnesses had been questioned, and Atticus was giving his closing statement. They have each told totally …show more content…
That was why there was no medical evidence whatsoever. How could we convict someone, even a negro, if there are no medical grounds to convict them for rape. There was also no proof whatsoever “that the crime Tom Robinson [was] charged with ever took place. Instead, as Atticus said, the whole argument of the prosecution was based upon arguments by witnesses that have been not only called into serious question, but also been contradicted completely by the defendant, Mr. Tom Robinson. One of the two parties were definitely lying, but the main idea is, that you can’t accuse someone of rape with no medical evidence, and no complete story among all other people involved in the case. I agree that someone was guilty of beating or raping Miss Mayella Ewell, but based upon all evidence brought upon us by the witnesses, Tom Robinson could not, and should not, be convicted for a crime that he likely did not