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Chapter 9 To Kill a mockingbird Why does Atticus take Tom's case? What does he tell Jem & Scout?

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In To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus takes Tom’s case because he was appointed to it by the presiding judge. He knows he has no chance to succeed in defending Tom
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It is a case he cannot hope to win, but he tells Scout that he must argue it to ... Later, Scout overhears Atticus telling Jack that Tom Robinson is innocent but ... Jem takes a baton from Scout and destroys all of Mrs. Dubose's camellia bushes.

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