Catcher In The Rye: Letter To The Editor - An Unfair Trial

Part I of Essay
Dear Editor, 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 questio ....

Part II of Essay
.... I realized that Tom never had a chance in the first place. The odds were still against him even though the plaintiff was the lowest form of human imaginable, who would have lost no matter what the case was if she was up against another white person. She was Mayella Ewell; disgusting. The point is, how would Tom might have been sentenced if he was in another town like yours and mine, say (your state here)? There's no doubt in my mind that he would have been found innocent right away if he was tried in my town, because of the undeniable e ....