Tom Robinson’s case was a case about racial discrimination in the south and how it affected Tom Robinson, a man who was falsely accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell by Bob Ewell, a well known person who was revered as a failure and disgrace to society because of his family’s actions. The process in which he was falsely accused occurred because the people of Maycomb County were racist including the mostly white jury. Despite the evidence that proved him innocent he was still sent to jail simply because he was African American. After that he tried to escape from prison by climbing over the fence, Tom who is unable to use his arm was shot 17 times by the guards when one or two shots would’ve been enough , unfortunately this was