Trials Then and Now

The incident that I want to talk about today involves the Tom Robinson trial in "To Kill a Mockingbird". In the Tom Robinson trial, a black man was accused of raping a white man's daughter. After a long day through the trial, the man was found guilty. After reading this trial, I thought about an incident that happened in my family during this time period also. In a small town called Rich Square, a black man was accused of raping a young white woman. The trial was called "The Buddy Bush Trial." Buddy Bush went through the same things as Tom Robinson. Buddy was found guilty also yet it was evident through the trial (and the story because it's also a book) that he was not guilty. Buddy had to escape before he had to go to jail or die for something he didn't do. My grandpa and great-grandpa helped buddy bush escape.
I believe that in both trials, things should have been evaluated better. I think it's also based on society and how African Americans during this time were treated.