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Stacie L. Patterson Law Blog
Posted - 08/31/2010 05:22pm
0 Comments | Add Comment Timelessness of To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee's, "To Kill A Mockingbird" is a classic tale demonstrating the importance of criminal defense attorneys and a fair criminal justice system. This summer, I listened to the audio book version of "To Kill A Mockingbird" in celebration of its 50 years in print. The book was written before the Voting Rights Act was passed, when African-Americans and women were denied the right to sit on juries. Segregation was still the law and rape was a capital offense.
"To Kill A Mockingbird" revolves around Atticus Finch, a criminal defense attorney who zealously represented a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. Despite the fact that he knew his neighbors would vilify him for his work, Finch refused to buckle to social pressure. He showed the accuser to be a liar and the community's hypocrisy was exposed.
When explaining his work to his children, Finch said that all people should be able "to get a square deal" in Court. "To Kill A Mockingbird" will continue to inspire me to make sure my clients get a square deal.
