SCOTTS BORO VS. TOM ROBINSON

SIMILARITIES

• Both black men accused by white women
• Both happened in alabama, in the 1930s
• Both charged with rape
• Both trials had all white juries
• Both were Innocent but the juries said they were guilty

DIFFERENCES

• Scottsboro trial is real
• Tom Robinson's trial is fictional
• 9 men are accused of rape in the Scotts Boro trial
• Only One man is acussed of rape in TKAM

INTERESTING THINGS ON TOM ROBINSON TRIAL

• Tom robinson's tesitmony was different from the other 3
• Mayella hesitated through her whole testimony
• She was hesitant to answer to Atticus when he asked if her dad had ever touched her
• No doctor was on the scene to prove that Mayella was beaten up
• Mayella was beaten up by someone who was left handed but Tom's left hand is torn up from cotton

INTERESTING FACTS ON SCOTTS BORO TRIAL

• The two woman were prostitutes
• Ruby Bates said that the 9 guys didnt rape them
• They were not allowed to be on the train- because of skin color

TOM ROBINSON INNOCENT

• Different time and place
• Not an all white jury
• The social classes in the South