20-year old, Chelsea Steiniger accused Mark Weiner, a Caucasian 52-year old male, of kidnapping and sexually assaulting her back in 2012. Wiener had seen Chelsea walking home through a convenience store’s parking lot after her boyfriend had kicked her out of his house and upon seeing her, Weiner drove Chelsea to her mother’s house. She was texting her boyfriend demeaning texts posing as her kidnapper, Mark. Her boyfriend had called the police when he received the demeaning text messages Chelsea had sent him. When the police arrived, Chelsea had told the police a false story of her waking up in a vacant house where she had to jump from a two-story window to escape, but Mark had done nothing to Chelsea; all he did was drive her to her mother’s house and leave. Tom Robinson, from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, was a falsely accused man who was …show more content…
For example, Tom’s story was different from the others, but because of Mayella’s injuries, it made Tom’s testimony more reliable. A left-handed person had beaten Mayella on the right side of her face. When he twelve, Tom’s left hand got caught in a cotton gin leaving him unable to use his hand, but unlike Tom, Mr. Ewell is and Atticus confirms this during court just after he asks Mr. Ewell to write his name. At that moment, all the evidence justifies that Mr. Ewell had done the crime until Tom said something. In addition to his reliable testimony, Tom Robinson says a word that ruins his whole case. During the questioning by Mr. Gilmer, Tom said aloud for all the court to hear, “I felt right sorry her” by saying those words Tom has dug himself a hole he ultimately did not get out of, for he is found guilty by the jury after a couple of hours. Robinson did not live through his sentence; prison guards later shot him 17 times after trying to escape. His testimony was true and solid until those words came from his