Chapter 8 - Just Mercy

Why did Trina Garnett need Bryan Stevenson's help?

• She shot her stepfather to protect her mom.

• She accidentally shot her stepfather while looking at his gun.

• She accidentally set a house on fire with matches.

Which state has the largest population of child offenders condemned to die in prison for a crime committed between the ages of 13 to 17?

• Alabama

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

• Maryland

This chapter focuses on:

• People with life sentences who were found guilty with no evidence.

• People with life sentences from crimes committed as youth.

• People with life sentences who were trying to protect their loved ones.

True or False. According to the book, black & brown boys from low income neighborhoods are stopped more for petty crimes than wealthier children who often get away with the same crimes.

• True

• False

Between the late 1980s and 1990s, states lowered or eliminated the minimum age for trying children as adults, leaving children as young as _______vulnerable to adult prosecution.

• 5

• 8

• 10

• 12

Ian wrote a letter to Bryan to tell him ____________________.

• Thank you for getting his sentence reduced.

• Thank you for taking his case.

• Thank you for helping him to get out of solitary confinement.

• The pictures he helped him take made him feel alive again.

At 14, Antonio became the youngest person in the US condemned to a life sentence for a crime _____________.

• in which no one was physically injured

• in self defense

• in which 20 eye witnesses spoke in his defense

• in which there was no evidence to convict a person

Antonio moved to _____________ to escape the trauma of his brother's murder.

• Las Vegas

• San Antonio

• San Francisco

• San Diego

In _____________, Antonio was sentenced to life in prison.

• 1980

• 1990

• 2000

• 2010

What made Ian's case special?

• His victim wrote the court in support of a reduced sentence.

• He had been diagnosed with a cognitive disorder.

• He asked for a life sentence.