Catcher in the Rye: Letter to the Editor - An Unfair Trial It came to my attention after reading the news yesterday, that a man proven innocent was convicted of rape in Maycomb County just one week ago. How could this be? If he was proven innocent, then how could the jury possibly convict him? To put these questions to rest, I decided to look more into it. I researched the town, the people, the jury, and the defendant. The defendant (a man named Tom Robinson) is a black man. The town, as I discovered, is primarily white, and most of the townspeople look down on blacks, and have no respect for them. After looking through the files of the residents of Maycomb, one man seemed to be different than most of the other people. It was Atticus Finch that stood out, and he was also the lawyer defending Tom....

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