To Kill A Mockingbird Discrimination And Injustice Essay

Discrimination and injustice is when somebody gets treated unfairly based on their race, gender, orientation etc. Many texts and novels show examples of discrimination, such as To Kill a Mockingbird. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Injustice is present in the novel when Tom Robinson, an African-American man, gets charged for the crime of raping a white woman, despite the evidence proven otherwise. This idea of injustice is not only present in books and novels, it is also present in the real world today. One of the many cases where injustice was present is the case of George Allen. The case began on the evening of February 4, 1982, when 31-year-old Mary Bell was discovered dead in her home by her boyfriend. At the crime

It all began on January 3, 1996, 63-year old William Beason was found stabbed 19 times to his neck and chest, he had defensive wounds on his left hand. Police also found a bloodstained knife, bloodstained towel, and several blood tissues in his bathroom. The police concluded the murder occurred on New Year's Day. A couple days after the body was discovered, 34-year-old Douglas Wanrey, a man with a history of mental health issues, an IQ of 68, called the police claiming that he had information about the case. He said he shoveled snow from the victim’s driveway and cleaned the victim’s house just two years before the murder. During the 12 hour interrogation with police, Douglas initially said that while he was shoveling snow from the victim’s driveway, when his (Douglas’) cousin, Brian Szymkowski, broke down the door because the victim owed him money. Douglas said he heard screams and when he went inside, Brian had killed the victim. As the interrogation continued, Douglas said he helped Brian murder the victim; and finally, he said he killed the victim on his own and that Brian was not involved in any way. Police said that Douglas provided details about the case that only the murderer would know, however his confession had many inconsistencies. Brian Szymkowski was at a medical facility at the time of the murder, Douglas said he killed the victim in the kitchen but the murder happened in the

It began at around 10 PM, on July 8th, 2001, in Las Vegas, Nevada, when a mutilated body of a man had been discovered, he had been badly beaten on the face and head, six teeth were knocked out, and he had been stabbed many times. 12 days later, on July 20th, a juvenile probation officer in Pioche, a 3-hour drive from Las Vegas, called to report a rumor that 18-year-old Kirstin Blaise Lobato had cut off a man’s reproductive organ. Detective immediately drove to meet the probation officer. The officer said she heard the rumor from a friend who had been Kirstin’s teacher. The detectives then located Kirstin. Less than 3-hours after the interrogation began, police arrested Kirstin. Kirstin denied killing the victim. Prior to her trial, she took a polygraph examination, after which the examiner said she was truthful when she denied involvement in the crime. She rejected an offer to plead guilty in return for a 3-year prison sentence. In May 2002, she went to trial in Clark County Superior Court. She was sentenced to 40-100 years in prison even though she had witnesses that proved she was 3-hours away from Las Vegas, at the time of the murder. Later on December 29, 2017, the prosecution dismissed charges. This case shows injustice because Kirstin Blaise Lobato spent 16 years in prison for a crime that she did not commit; just like Tom Robinson did in To Kill a Mockingbird.