Atticus knew that Tom was going to be found guilty. He was, after all, a black man trying to get a fair trial in the small southern town of Maycomb. Atticus knew exactly what was going to happen. He knew that he had proven without a doubt that Tom was innocent, but being a black man, he was already judged guilty.
When the jury takes longer than usual, there is a silent sense of hope. Atticus hopes that the people of the jury will realize they are about to convict an innocent man. The members of the jury have already made up their minds, and are just talking in the jury room. The outcome of the verdict is very predictable. Everyone knew that Tom was not going to have any justice. Bottom line was he was a black man, and to the eyes of most of the people in Maycomb, that meant guilty.
What is the saddest of all, is that a man like Bob Ewell, who is cruel and vindictive, gets some kind of justice, just because he is white. Being a black man in Maycomb, was a dangerous thing, and being accused of rape of a white woman, was a death sentence. Atticus had proved that there was no way Tom could have committed the crime, but just because he was a black man, the verdict was concluded long before the trial even began.
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