Tom Robinson's Trial In To Kill A Mockingbird
Perjury is a shockingly common offense: however, what is even more shocking is the few amount of people that tell the truth and those who believe them. In this scene, Tom Robinson is put to the stand to hear his side of the story, and many of the details are quite different from Mayella Ewell’s testimony; moreover, many of the jurors and spectators were shocked at the new revelations in Tom’s testimony. Throughout the book there were comments made about the trial, and many people believed the Ewell’s without even bothering to hear the whole story. They were ignorant and very biased when choosing sides. They never looked at the facts, so in turn they never realized what was really going on behind closed doors. During the trial, Tom reveals