i have to write about how tom robinson, from TKAM, and another colored man in history are alike. how does this sound so far?

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MusicGeek · Answer

In the year of 2022, there were three thousand two hundred people convicted of crimes they did not commit; fifty-three percent of those people are colored men that were exonerated. They are sentenced anywhere from a few months to life in jail/prison. Now, there are many things that these colored men are convicted of such as sexual assault, murder, assault, robbery, even arson. The main thing is sexual assault. Most men of color are criminalized by women who are not of color. The men are wrongfully identified and thus wrongfully convicted. Seventy-nine percent of colored men are misidentified every year when it comes to sexual assault.
	A colored man is three and a half times more likely to be wrongfully convicted of sexual assault than a non-colored man. Wrongfully convicted but rightfully exonerated. These men should never have been, nor be, wrongfully convicted of this crime, or any crime for that matter. Non-colored women claim that men that they have never seen before in their lives are the crime do-ers all because they are colored.
	Colored men are discriminated against because of their skin color. This can mean a number of things but it mainly means that these men are accused of things that they never did. Things that are disgusting and sometimes even feared. Now, some of these people say that they are not guilty, yet they are, but a majority of these colored men are innocent.
There is one colored man in particular that sticks out the most out of all the wrongfully convicted colored men, Vincent Simmons. He relates to the fictional character, Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson is a colored man in the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. A lot happens in this book but it all centers around this one man, Tom Robinson.
	Tom Robinson is accused of raping Bob Ewell’s daughter, Mayella Ewell. Mayella Ewell is in love with Tom Robinson but cannot stand her attraction to him. He is low on the “food chain” of Maycomb, as you could say. He was a cotton picker with a wife and children. His life was perfect, until Mayella Ewell came along and manipulated him.
Mayella stood on the stand in court and told the Jury and the Judge she paid Tom Robinson a nickel to go inside and break up a dresser for her. Once he was inside, he jumped on her and took advantage of her. She claims that she started screaming and her father came into the room and got Tom off of her and got the sheriff down there. 
Mayella contradicts herself twice in the courtroom. First, when she is talking about whether or not Tom Robinson hit her she says that she does not remember him hurting her then she quickly covers it up by saying he did. The second time, she had said that her father had asked her who had sexually assaulted her but Bob Ewell tells the court that he ran into the room and saw Tom on his daughter, assaulting her.
Mayella tells the court that Tom beat her and she goes to the court with the marks and bruises on her. This too, is a lie. Her father, Bob Ewell, beat her when he caught her kissing a colored man. That colored man was Tom. This “case” closely compares to the case of Vincent Simmons who is another colored man that was wrongfully accused.
The few differences between the two are only slight. One gets exonerated, one gets shot. One is misidentified, the other is framed. Slight differences to the many similarities.

Arrow12 · Answer

This is really good very well written Essay And Very Interesting About Tom Robinson. I was Never Felt Bored Reading This

MusicGeek · Answer

@arrow12 wrote:

This is really good very well written Essay And Very Interesting About Tom Robinson. I was Never Felt Bored Reading This

okay. thanks.

flowerpower52 · Answer

Wow that a long time but really good I love it

chuckthedonut · Answer

Wow, that's really good! You added great details! Awesome job.

MusicGeek · Answer

i added to it: In the year 1977, Vincent Simmons, at the age of twenty-five, was sentenced to a hundred years in prison for aggravated rape against two tin girls, fourteen years of age. It was May 9, 1977 when the girls had claimed to be raped by Vincent Simmons. They said they were with their eighteen year old cousin, Keith Laborde. They go on to say that the man asked for a ride and Keith gave him one. The man led them down a dark road called Little California Road. From there he forced Keith into the trunk of his own car and raped the twins, going on to threaten them if they ever tell anyone.
On May 23, 1977, a day after Karen Sanders, one of the twins, told Keith’s sister about the rape, Vincent Simmons was brought to police station and put in a line up. Both Karen and Sharon Sanders pointed out Simmons as the attacker. Keith followed up and agreed.
On July 19, 1977, Simmons went to court and pleaded not guilty. There was no physical evidence that he did that crime or that he was even near them during that time. Almost sixty days after his arrest, he went on trial for two counts of aggravated rape. He was on trial for two days. The jury did a reenactment of what happened in the car, and after the two days, Simmons was sentenced to a hundred years in prison.
The very second that door closed and he was in his cell, he started fighting. It took him sixteen years, but he eventually got a copy of his prosecution’s case file in 1993. In his case file there were things that were not heard or said or even seen at the trial. Sharon Sanders said, “All blacks look alike to me.” During the trial that was never said. There was also a photo of the lineup. This was not seen at the trial either.
In 2020, forty-three years after Simmons was convicted, a lawyer named Justin Bonus decided it was his job to make Simmons a free man again. Bonus knew Simmons was innocent. On July 30, 2020, Bonus invested in a private investigator who found Keith’s cousin, Dana Brouillette. She had confessed to the investigator that Keith had told her in a bar, a while after the trial, that Simmons was never on the road with Sharon, Karen, or himself.
In a shocking twist, Keith also admitted that he was the one who raped the twins. But, it was not rape. He claims to have had consensual intercourse with Karen. He locked Sharon in the trunk because she was too feisty and scratched up his neck. Karen does admit that she had consensual intercourse with Keith when she was younger. But she continues to say that the event has nothing to do with the Simmons case. Keith tells “48 Hours” that he and Karen never had intercourse but they had, “played around like children.”
On February 14, 2022, Simmons went to court again for a new trial. He was innocent. There was evidence proving that. Bill Bennett, the son of the judge that originally put Simmons in jail, released him  from prison that night. Three days later, he celebrated his seventieth birthday. He went to jail at the age of twenty-five and emerged forty-four years later, seventy years old.
Colored men are accused and convicted for crimes that they did not commit. They get accused because of racial discrimination, misidentification, even just to be able to have someone to accuse. These men, these innocent colored men, are being convicted when they should not be convicted.

KyledaGreat · Answer

@musicgeek wrote:

In the year of 2022, there were three thousand two hundred people convicted of crimes they did not commit; fifty-three percent of those people are colored men that were exonerated. They are sentenced anywhere from a few months to life in jail/prison. Now, there are many things that these colored men are convicted of such as sexual assault, murder, assault, robbery, even arson. The main thing is sexual assault. Most men of color are criminalized by women who are not of color. The men are wrongfully identified and thus wrongfully convicted. Seventy-nine percent of colored men are misidentified every year when it comes to sexual assault. A colored man is three and a half times more likely to be wrongfully convicted of sexual assault than a non-colored man. Wrongfully convicted but rightfully exonerated. These men should never have been, nor be, wrongfully convicted of this crime, or any crime for that matter. Non-colored women claim that men that they have never seen before in their lives are the crime do-ers all because they are colored. Colored men are discriminated against because of their skin color. This can mean a number of things but it mainly means that these men are accused of things that they never did. Things that are disgusting and sometimes even feared. Now, some of these people say that they are not guilty, yet they are, but a majority of these colored men are innocent. There is one colored man in particular that sticks out the most out of all the wrongfully convicted colored men, Vincent Simmons. He relates to the fictional character, Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson is a colored man in the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. A lot happens in this book but it all centers around this one man, Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson is accused of raping Bob Ewell’s daughter, Mayella Ewell. Mayella Ewell is in love with Tom Robinson but cannot stand her attraction to him. He is low on the “food chain” of Maycomb, as you could say. He was a cotton picker with a wife and children. His life was perfect, until Mayella Ewell came along and manipulated him. Mayella stood on the stand in court and told the Jury and the Judge she paid Tom Robinson a nickel to go inside and break up a dresser for her. Once he was inside, he jumped on her and took advantage of her. She claims that she started screaming and her father came into the room and got Tom off of her and got the sheriff down there. Mayella contradicts herself twice in the courtroom. First, when she is talking about whether or not Tom Robinson hit her she says that she does not remember him hurting her then she quickly covers it up by saying he did. The second time, she had said that her father had asked her who had sexually assaulted her but Bob Ewell tells the court that he ran into the room and saw Tom on his daughter, assaulting her. Mayella tells the court that Tom beat her and she goes to the court with the marks and bruises on her. This too, is a lie. Her father, Bob Ewell, beat her when he caught her kissing a colored man. That colored man was Tom. This “case” closely compares to the case of Vincent Simmons who is another colored man that was wrongfully accused. The few differences between the two are only slight. One gets exonerated, one gets shot. One is misidentified, the other is framed. Slight differences to the many similarities.

Your introduction provides a powerful and thought-provoking comparison between Tom Robinson from "To Kill A Mockingbird" and Vincent Simmons, a real-life example of a colored man who was wrongfully convicted. Your use of statistics and facts helps to demonstrate the systemic discrimination that colored men face in the criminal justice system, particularly in cases of sexual assault. The comparison between the fictional character and a real-life example helps to illustrate the ongoing relevance of the issues raised in "To Kill A Mockingbird" and how they continue to affect people today. Your analysis of the case of Tom Robinson is well-done, and you effectively highlight the contradictions and inconsistencies in Mayella Ewell's testimony. The comparison between Tom Robinson and Vincent Simmons, who was also wrongfully accused and faced similar challenges, helps to further illustrate the broader issues of racial bias and injustice in the criminal justice system. Overall, your writing is clear and concise, and your use of evidence and examples helps to support your arguments. It's a very thoughtful and well-written piece, and I think you've done a great job of exploring the similarities and differences between Tom Robinson and Vincent Simmons.

KyledaGreat · Answer

@musicgeek wrote:

i added to it: In the year 1977, Vincent Simmons, at the age of twenty-five, was sentenced to a hundred years in prison for aggravated rape against two tin girls, fourteen years of age. It was May 9, 1977 when the girls had claimed to be raped by Vincent Simmons. They said they were with their eighteen year old cousin, Keith Laborde. They go on to say that the man asked for a ride and Keith gave him one. The man led them down a dark road called Little California Road. From there he forced Keith into the trunk of his own car and raped the twins, going on to threaten them if they ever tell anyone. On May 23, 1977, a day after Karen Sanders, one of the twins, told Keith’s sister about the rape, Vincent Simmons was brought to police station and put in a line up. Both Karen and Sharon Sanders pointed out Simmons as the attacker. Keith followed up and agreed. On July 19, 1977, Simmons went to court and pleaded not guilty. There was no physical evidence that he did that crime or that he was even near them during that time. Almost sixty days after his arrest, he went on trial for two counts of aggravated rape. He was on trial for two days. The jury did a reenactment of what happened in the car, and after the two days, Simmons was sentenced to a hundred years in prison. The very second that door closed and he was in his cell, he started fighting. It took him sixteen years, but he eventually got a copy of his prosecution’s case file in 1993. In his case file there were things that were not heard or said or even seen at the trial. Sharon Sanders said, “All blacks look alike to me.” During the trial that was never said. There was also a photo of the lineup. This was not seen at the trial either. In 2020, forty-three years after Simmons was convicted, a lawyer named Justin Bonus decided it was his job to make Simmons a free man again. Bonus knew Simmons was innocent. On July 30, 2020, Bonus invested in a private investigator who found Keith’s cousin, Dana Brouillette. She had confessed to the investigator that Keith had told her in a bar, a while after the trial, that Simmons was never on the road with Sharon, Karen, or himself. In a shocking twist, Keith also admitted that he was the one who raped the twins. But, it was not rape. He claims to have had consensual intercourse with Karen. He locked Sharon in the trunk because she was too feisty and scratched up his neck. Karen does admit that she had consensual intercourse with Keith when she was younger. But she continues to say that the event has nothing to do with the Simmons case. Keith tells “48 Hours” that he and Karen never had intercourse but they had, “played around like children.” On February 14, 2022, Simmons went to court again for a new trial. He was innocent. There was evidence proving that. Bill Bennett, the son of the judge that originally put Simmons in jail, released him from prison that night. Three days later, he celebrated his seventieth birthday. He went to jail at the age of twenty-five and emerged forty-four years later, seventy years old. Colored men are accused and convicted for crimes that they did not commit. They get accused because of racial discrimination, misidentification, even just to be able to have someone to accuse. These men, these innocent colored men, are being convicted when they should not be convicted.

Your addition about Vincent Simmons provides a powerful and concrete example of the systemic discrimination that colored men face in the criminal justice system. The story highlights the flaws in the justice system, particularly the role of racial bias, misidentification, and lack of physical evidence in wrongful convictions. The fact that it took sixteen years for Simmons to obtain a copy of his case file and over forty years to be exonerated further underscores the difficulties faced by wrongfully convicted individuals. The comparison between Tom Robinson and Vincent Simmons is particularly poignant in light of Simmons' case. Both men were wrongfully accused and convicted of sexual assault based on false testimony and racial bias. The similarities in their experiences highlight the ongoing relevance of "To Kill A Mockingbird" and the need for continued efforts to combat systemic racism and discrimination in the criminal justice system. Overall, your writing is compelling and well-researched, and your use of evidence and examples helps to support your arguments. You do a great job of highlighting the broader issues of injustice and racial bias in the criminal justice system, while also providing a specific and engaging story to illustrate these issues.

SwaggyMark · Answer

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DeadOfWinter · Answer

I love the details! Amazing job!!

OLIVER69 · Answer

seems well written

FrogGirlEmmy · Answer

pretty good

lovinggabsxx · Answer

Why is this so good