To Kill a Mockingbird

How does scout know as soon as she sees the jury coming in that it has convicted Tom?

around chapter 20-21

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From experience of watching many trials that her father has been involved in, Scout knows that a Jury holding a conviction will never look at a defendant. The jury did not look at Atticus either. This jury in particular had to be quite ashamed. They were convicting an obviously innocent man.