Just Mercy Ch 6-10

Which of the following would best be described as affluent?

• A life jacket

• A waterfall

• A translator

• A wealthy business-owner

precedent means:

• something (sometimes a legal decision) that sets a standard for future events.

• a social group that holds extreme views

• a huge organization

• a lawyer

If you stubbornly refuse to change your mind about something, you are _______ about it.

• jurisdiction

• adamant

• solemn

• excited

. To undermine Stevenson's evidence, on the second day the court officers did the following (multiple answers):

• Forced Walter to wear his prison uniform

• Denied Walter's supporters entrance to the courtroom

• Added a metal detector and a German shepherd to scare away Walter's supporters

• Shackled Walter's ankles in the courtroom.

What major issue in the justice system did Bryan Stevenson address in Chapter 10?

• Homelessness

• Mental Illness

• Fair Trials

• Compensation

A personal judgment, based on stereotypes and prejudice, that can affect decisions and actions

• Discrimination

• Bias

• Stereotype

• Racism

The unfair treatment of people based on prejudice, often related to race, age, or gender

• Discrimination

• Implicit Bias

• Assumption

• Stereotype

theory in criminology that became popular the 1990s in the United States, positing that there are some impulsive juvenile criminals who are willing to commit violent crimes without remorse.

The judicial system failed Charlie in which ways...?

• They did not serve healthy foods.

• ...he received the maximum sentence and was sent to an adult prison where he was repeatedly abused, sexually and physically.

• he was not able to bathe for weeks.

• he had no access to cable tv or he internet.

Charlie was treated as an adult because the man he shot was not only his mother's drunken boyfriend who repeatedly abused her, but he was also...?

• a white man!

• a police officer!

• a lawyer!

• a teacher!