Prosecution+Team

This is where the Prosecution Team can begin formulating their case for the trial.

Questions for Scout 1. Please describe what you heard and felt after the attack. (make sure scout describes hearing a MAN'S breathing, coughing, etc.) 2. You said the man with the heavy cough walked away with "the staccato steps of someone carrying a load too heavy for him". Would you say that sounds like the way Boo would walk if he was carrying your brother? 3. Have you every heard of Boo doing anything criminal before, maybe in his childhood? Please explain. 4. Do you believe that Boo killed Bob Ewell? What makes you believe this? 5. Did your brother, Jem, ever get into any physical fights or did he mostly have a good temper? 6. Did Boo say anything when everyone was out on your porch talking about what happened? Why do you think this was? 7. You said Boo coughed in your house. Was that the same cough you heard after Bob Ewell was murdered?

Mayella Ewell 1. Has your father ever attacked anyone else before, even someone in your family? Please describe. 2. Would you say your father was so unexperienced at fighting that he could be killed by a young boy? 3. Does your father have any weapons besides a kitchen knife that probably could have been used in his attack? 4. Do you believe that Boo Radley murdered your father?

Heck Tate 1. You said that Bob Ewell was killed by a knife, but who's knife do you think that was and who would have placed it there? 2. You said that Bob Ewell fell on his knife, however if he had fallen on the knife and stabbed himself in the ribs, the knife would have had to be sticking straight up. How possible do you think it is for a knife to stick straight up by itself? 3. Do you still truly believe that Ewell fell on the knife and stabbed himself in the ribs? 3a. If not, do you believe that Boo Radley murdered your father? 3b. If so, please explain why.

Jem 1. On the night in question I was told you walked home. Why is that? 2. How well do you know the suspect in questioning? 3. Has the suspect in questioning done anything nice for you in the past years? 4. Would you say that Boo would try to save your life, no matter what happens to him? 5. On your way home from the pagent did you hear or see anything suspicious? 6 . Do you believe the suspect in questioning killed Mr. Bob Ewell? Why do you believe this? 7. Can you tell me what happened on the night in questioning? 8. Bob Ewell was found dead with a kitchen knife stuck in his ribs, however, did he use this knife at all when you were fighting him? (make sure Jem says no) 9. This leads me to believe that this knife wasn't Mr. Ewell's and he never had it with him. Do you think a kitchen knife could have been Boo's only weapon he had in his house?

Calpurnia 1. How well did you know the suspect in questioning? 2. To your knowledge has the suspect ever done something criminal before? 3. Do you believe that the suspect would have ever tried to harm someone the way Mr. Ewell was harmed? 4. Do you believe the suspect in questioning killed Mr. Bob Ewell? Why do you believe this?

Mrs. Robinson 1. Tell me what you know about Mr. Ewell. 2. Did Mr. Ewell have anything against the Finches? 3. Do you feel that the suspect would have had any reason to protect the Finch Children? 4. Do you believe the suspect in questioning killed Mr. Bob Ewell? Why do you believe this?

Mr. Cunningham 1. Tell what you know about the suspect? 2. Does the suspect have it in him to murder someone? 3. Do you believe the suspect in questioning killed Mr. Bob Ewell? Why do you believe this?

Key Points: -Ewell didn't have a knife when he was attacking the children, therefore the knife that was stuck in his ribs must have been from Boo. -The definition of murder means the intentional killing of a human being. -The breathing and coughing Scout heard after Ewell was murdered must have been Boo's for he also coughed in their house. -Boo did at one time have a criminal backround and would do anything to keep those children safe. -It is nearly impossible to fall on a knife and stab yourself because the knife must have been standing straight up. Also, someone would have to have put that knife there because Ewell didn't have it when he attacked the children.