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He needed Tom to stand up, that way he could show the Jury that Tom could not use his left arm. Earlier Atticus asked Mr. Ewell which hand he wrote with and he asnwered his left. This way Atticus could show the Jury that Tom could not have raped Mayella because he can not use his left arm.

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