English 2C Vocabulary Review

Which term is defined as "reviews decisions of lower courts to determine if a significant error of law was made during trial"?

• Disenfranchisement

• Appellate Court

• District Attorney

• Due Process

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which term is defined as "A government body that brings charges against a person accused of breaking the law"?

• Prosecution

• Clemency

• Parole

• Exoneration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which term is defined as "a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense, made by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law."

• Social Justice

• Equitable

• Appeal

• Conviction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which term is defined as "to grant a prisoner an early release from prison, with certain restrictions"?

• Habeas Corpus

• Exonerate

• Parole

• Clemency

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

To "exonerate" someone is to (a)   them of blame.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What term is defined as "a penalty imposed by a court on a person guilty of a criminal offence"?

• Prosecution

• Sanction

• Appeal

• Incarcerate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

​​ (a)   is the process of taking legal action.

• litigation
• disenfranchisement
• clemency
• due process

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which term is defined as "To ask a higher court to review the decision and determine if justice was done"

• Appeal

• Social Justice

• Peremptory Strikes

• Sanction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which term is defined as "The death penalty for a crime or offence"?

• Habeas Corpus

• Due Process

• Litigation

• Capital Punishment

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which term is defined as "to imprison, confine, jail"?

• Prosecution

• Conviction

• Incarcerate

• Exonerate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D