Examples Of Corruption In To Kill A Mockingbird

In To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee shows that justice system is corrupt and it no longer serves the purpose for which it was created for. The justice system was created and put in place to protect the rights of citizens, but it is doing the very opposite. In To Kill a Mockingbird, It shows an example of the justice systems corruption through the event of Atticus becoming appointed to defend Tom Robinson. During this time period, it was seen as unlawful, through the citizens eyes, for a white citizen to defend a person of color, due to the laws that were in place,which made it okay for blacks to not have the same rights as whites.
Atticus took the case, even though he didn't believe he could beat it. He only took it because it was his job to defend and protect citizens. Calpurnia, Atticus’s maid, knows Tom Robinson well, he's a member of her church. Atticus explains to Scout that he wouldn't be much of a lawyer if he had chosen opposite, about

defending Tom. Scout asks why he doesn't believe he can win the case, in which he responded, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” Atticus is explaining that it's no point to quit before you even attempting to try. He is still choosing to defend Tom, despite him living in a racist town.
The trails begin as tom telling that he passes Mayella's house everyday for work, in which she stops him and asks him to help with her chores.

Mayella's siblings, and her usually watch as he completes her tasks. On the day of the proposed attack,Tom is now asked to fix the door. He examines the door and finds nothing wrong with it. Heck Tate is the first witness and he tells that the doctor never came to examine Mayella. It is also discovered that Tom's left arm is useless and it would've been really hard to commit a crime without a left arm. Throughout the trial, everyone attacks Tom, disregarding all the evidence that does not add up, Tom is till convicted and charged with rape. While Tom is in the stand, he says that he is not the one to come on to Mayella, instead she came on to him. Tom is automatically at fault simply because he is black. Atticus tells the court to decide simply by fate, and to think further that all blacks are criminals. Lee is merely suggesting that our justice system is against people of

color.
Atticus went around his towns beliefs and went with what he thinks is best not just for his job, but with his humanity. Although his family were tormented for his decision he stuck with it and did his best to prove Tom's innocence. Although the court did not side with atticus we can see why, by the way Lee proposes the reactions.