To Kill a Mockingbird Question?

Your final argument could be that no matter what Mr Ewell said, the jury was still going to convice Tom because he is black. So even if Mr Ewell did the right thing, in the long run it would do no good. In fact, it would probably make Mr Ewellls status in the town WORSE because he had sided with a black man over the rest of the towns people and even his own daughter.