Just Mercy Vocab Quiz

What word means "A court dealing with applications for decisions to be reversed"?

• advocacy

• appellate

• allegation

What word means "A claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof"?

• testimony
• allegation
• defense

What word means "A crime that is punishable by death"?

• Capital Crime

• Clemency

• Inhumane

What word means "A formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense."?

• plea bargain
• conviction
• indictment

What word means "A government body that brings a criminal charge against a defendant."?

• prosecution
• arbitration
• litigation

What word means "A right in jury selection for attorneys to reject potential jurors without stating a reason."?

• indigent

• exonerated

• peremptory strikes

What word means "A writ ordering a person to attend a court."?

• citation
• deposition
• subpoena

What word means "mercy or lenience"?

• Clemency

• parole

• recant

What word means "One without sufficient income to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case."

• sanction

• alibi

• indigent

What word means " Penalties or other means of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience with the law."?

• defamation

• execution

• sanction