James Richardson Court Case Study

James Richardson Court Case During late October in 1967 a man named James Richardson was charged for the murder of his seven children. The children were poisoned and it is believed that he was the one who poisoned them. There is no solid, or reasonable evidence that it was him. Anything that even remotely points to him is all people’s speculative opinions. Everything seemed to be stacked against him. James Richardson was wrongfully convicted for the murder of his seven children, and there is some evidence that points towards who most likely did it. In the small town of Arcadia Florida, on October 27, 1967 all seven of James Richardson's children died from ingesting poison. High amounts of parathion were found in the children's food and digestive system. Even though Richardson had already left to go

There is little to no evidence that James killed his children. All the accusations towards him are filled with no proof and make little sense. A jail mate said he confessed to him while being in the jail cell. That is what sent Richardson to prison because they believe the jail mates word over actual proof since he’s white. ”He was tried in a climate of . . . an all- white jury in a small town with its own brand of justice.'' The jury was all white and showed prejudice towards James. They didn’t want to do a reasonable court hearing. It wasn’t till many years later this court case was since as bad because of how racist to jury was. No one at the time saw too much wrong with it. This also relates a lot to Tom Robinson’s in to kill a mockingbird. The jury was all also all white and blamed him for something just because a white person said he did it. A black person’s word couldn’t overrule a white persons at this time. Even though all the evidence was put aside as false he was still found guilty. They’re both very prejudice in many similar