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Justice and Judgement

- __Thesis__: Justice and judgement are different in very many ways, and is well shown in the novel __To Kill a Mockingbird__ by Harper Lee.

- __Paragraph One__: Justice is what is fought for in courts, but not always achieved - Justice: the quality or fact of being just - Justice is the right thing to do, but sometimes, people decide not to do the right thing, or they do the wrong thing by accident - "//You never understand a person...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."//

- __Paragraph Two__: Judgement is what one thinks, and can be altered by others - Judgement: an opinion formed by judging something - Judgement can easily be changed under influence of others or by other's views - Bad judgement can be cause misfortune for oneself, or for others

- __Paragraph Three__: Justice and Judgement often don't go together - People can know what is just, but still go against it - People often judge wrongly either on purpose, or accidentally - Justice: Tom Robinson is innocent and freed Judgement: He is probably innocent, but going against a white family would be "morally wrong" and something that won't be happening until many years later

- Sum up - If justice and judgement went together, the world would be a better place. **
 * - __Conclusion__:

Justice and judgement are different in very many ways, and is well shown in the novel __To Kill a Mockingbird__ by Harper Lee. In the novel, a black man is on trial because a white woman claims she was raped and beaten by the black man. During the trial, the evidence shown clearly shows that the defendant is innocent, but the jury's verdict is the same, as it would be for any black man going against a white man's word. Justice is what is fought for in courts, but is not always achieved (as shown in the novel). Judgement is what one thinks, and this can be altered by others' opinions or influence. Justice and Judgement often aren't found together.

Lawyers that fight for real justice don't always get it, but sometimes lawyers that fight for injustice don't get it either. Justice by definition is the quality of fact of being just; or in other words, what is right or true. Normally, one would think that the truth cannot be hidden, and that even if it took 100 years, the truth will always be revealed by evidence left behind or other things. Sometimes though, prejudice and bias views interfere with the truth-finding process, and the truth will remain hidden. Such as in __To Kill a Mockingbird__, Being just is the right thing to do, but sometimes, people decide to not do the right thing, or they do the wrong thing unintentionally. People might do things that they feel is the "right thing to do", but isn't actually the "right thing". In the novel, the reader can infer that the jury knows Tom Robinson is innocent, but they convicted him anyways. One of the Cunninghams even tried to vote in Tom's favor, but from the influence of others, he ended up voting 'guilty'. Atticus, Tom's lawyer, once tells his daughter Scout that "//You never understand a person... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it".// Atticus was referring to their strange neighbor, Boo Radley, but this can also be applied to the case. The white men of the jury will never know what it is like to be black unless they "walk around in their skin". If the all-white jury could only understand, justice might have been achieved.

Judgement has to do with what one thinks and feels as opposed to what he knows and what is actually right. The definition of Judgment is: an opinion formed by judging something. This means it is simply one's thoughts, and has nothing to do with his or other's knowledge. One's judgment can easily be changed by others' influence or differing views. One can be convinced to believe something that isn't necessarily true, and their judgement would change. The jury judged Tom as a dirty, mean Negro, and they judged Mayella as a helpless white woman. This gave Tom a great disadvantage. If the jury had judged Tom as a white man, he would have won easily. Judgement of people and things cause prejudice and bias views. Bad judgement can cause misfortune for oneself or for others. Tom Robinson's case is an example where the jury's bad judgement caused other's harm (Atticus and Tom Robinson). An example of bad judgement causing self-harm is where one gets into a fight with somebody who seems weaker, but is actually very strong. Differing views and bad judgement often make justice hard to get.

Justice and judgement often don't correlate, or go together. People can know exactly what is just, but still go against it. This is because some people have different morals or expectations, and would rather have false justice rather than do something that, to them, is morally wrong. The jury in __To Kill a Mockingbird__ for Tom's trial knew Tom was innocent, but at the time, Negroes never won against white men/women no matter the circumstances. Sometimes people judge wrongly on purpose, and other times accidentally. They jury judging Tom as guilty is on purpose, because they know he is innocent. Uncle Jack beating Scout is an example of accidentally judging something wrong. Uncle Jack only witnesses Scout fighting with Francis, but did not know why. He later finds out that Francis was the one who did wrong, not Scout. For Tom's case, real justice would have been if Tom was freed and declared innocent. The judgement is that he is most likely innocent, but taking his word over a white family's would be "morally wrong", so it is best to just declare him guilty. This is a shame because if Tom went free, he would be the first - a big step away from racism and prejudice.

As shown in the novel, the truth doesn't always win, and justice isn't always achieved. The truth just is not enough when racism and bad judgement get involved. Bad judgement that affect others in negative ways, and can also affect oneself in negative ways. Judgement is very different than justice, and if they went together, the world would be a better place.