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Just Mercy Ch 6-10

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following would best be described as affluent?

a)

A life jacket

b)

A waterfall

c)

A translator

d)

A wealthy business-owner

2.

precedent means:

a)

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

b)

a social group that holds extreme views

c)

a huge organization

d)

a lawyer

3.

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

a)

jurisdiction

b)

adamant

c)

solemn

d)

excited

4.

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

a)

Forced Walter to wear his prison uniform

b)

Denied Walter's supporters entrance to the courtroom

c)

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

d)

Shackled Walter's ankles in the courtroom.

5.

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

a)

Homelessness

b)

Mental Illness

c)

Fair Trials

d)

Compensation

6.

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

a)

Discrimination

b)

Bias

c)

Stereotype

d)

Racism

7.

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

a)

Discrimination

b)

Implicit Bias

c)

Assumption

d)

Stereotype

8.

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.

(a)  

9.

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

a)

They did not serve healthy foods.

b)

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

c)

he was not able to bathe for weeks.

d)

he had no access to cable tv or he internet.

10.

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)

a white man!

b)

a police officer!

c)

a lawyer!

d)

a teacher!

11.

Bill Hooks was a witness that testified to Walter McMillian's whereabouts; however,

a)

he was coerced into giving false testimony, and also paid $5000.

b)

He did see Walter that day, but not at the crime scene.

c)

He was was with Walter that day at the fish fry.

d)

he was an accomplice to the crime.

12.

What did Trina, Ian, and Antonio, who were all sentenced to life in prison with no parole, have in common?

a)

The were all from Atlanta

b)

They were all in middle school.

c)

all three juveniles had horribly tragic childhoods.

d)

They were extremely talented youth

13.

By 2010, Florida had sentenced more than 100 children to life imprisonment without parole for non-homicide offenses. All of the youngest condemned children ages 13 or 14 were...?

a)

Black or Latino

b)

girls

c)

white

d)

AAPI

14.

At age 14, Antonio Nunez became the youngest person in the US condemned to die in prison for a crime in which no one was ...

a)

physically injured or killed

b)

detained

c)

convicted

d)

acquitted

15.

Ralph Myers recanted his testimony and told the court that Walter McMillian had nothing to do with the murder of Ronda Morrison because...

a)

His therapy sessions convinced him to 'make it right' by telling the truth.

b)

He had a premonition

c)

He was threatened

d)

He was being paid

16.

What happened to Stevenson when he first went to visit Avery in jail? Click all answers that apply.

a)

He was harassed

b)

He was strip-searched

c)

He was made to feel like a criminal

d)

He got along well with the Officer

17.

Chapter 10 of Just Mercy is mostly about (Main Idea)?

a)

Herbert Richardson's case and Atkins v. Virginia

b)

Loving v. Virginia

c)

How prisons deal with inmates with mental health issues

d)

Juvenile

Justice

18.

A supporting detail of chapter 10's main idea is...?

a)

that over 50% of prison and jail inmates in the US have a diagnosed mental illness

b)

Antonio became the youngest person in the US condemned to die in prison for a crime in which no one was physically injured.

c)

That by the late 1980's and 1990's, criminologists predicted a new generation of "super-predators"

d)

Ian spent 18 years in uninterrupted solitary confinement

19.

To be Rapt, is to be...

a)

wrapped

b)

completely fascinated by what you are seeing or hearing.

c)

a fan of rap music

d)

a retraction

20.

Kanye West is both famous and infamous; to be infamous is to be

a)

well known for some bad quality or deed

b)

forced to do something against your will

c)

apprehensive

d)

aggresive