It is perceived that a court should be an un-bias means of determining the guilt or innocence of the accused. This is not always the case with racial, social and personal prejudices influencing decisions. It is clear in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' that there is racial prejudices in the town, when Atticus is assigned the job of defending a 'nigga' in a rape case he knows that there is no hope for Tom Robertson he …showed first 75 words of 993 total…

…showed last 75 words of 993 total…of the jury system, and there will always be bias where decisions over peoples future are concerned, there is no way around this, but as seen in 'Twelve Angry Men' this can be overcome and a fair decision can be achieved. In 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Their decision was a racist decision even though they knew what would have been the right thing to do. Sometimes decisions aren't always as easy as black and white.