“The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.”
– Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 23. Atticus Finch to Jem and Scout. He explains to his shocked children that the jury convicted an innocent man like Tom because of racism. A courtroom is the one place where there should be justice and fairness, but people bring their prejudices into it.