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What Is The Tom Robinson Case In To Kill A Mockingbird

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I am reading “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee and I am on page 304. The chapters that I read are 16 to 23. Chapter 16 begins with the Tom Robinson case being put to trial. During the trial Bob Ewell, Mayella Ewell, and Heck Tate testify against Tom Robinson. Implying that Tom Robinson did rape and beat Mayella Violet Ewell. The interesting fact of the case is that Atticus had many pieces of evidence that pointed the beating of Mayella Ewell came from her father, and Tom did not even rape Mayella. Atticus realizes that since there was no medical evidence of the rape, so it probably did not happen. After Tom Robinson tells his part of the story the jury takes the case to discuss their verdict. They decided that Tom Robinson was
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