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WorksheetsJust Mercy Ch 6-10
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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.
(a)
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!
Bill Hooks was a witness that testified to Walter McMillian's whereabouts; however,
he was coerced into giving false testimony, and also paid $5000.
He did see Walter that day, but not at the crime scene.
He was was with Walter that day at the fish fry.
he was an accomplice to the crime.
What did Trina, Ian, and Antonio, who were all sentenced to life in prison with no parole, have in common?
The were all from Atlanta
They were all in middle school.
all three juveniles had horribly tragic childhoods.
They were extremely talented youth
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...?
Black or Latino
girls
white
AAPI
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 ...
physically injured or killed
detained
convicted
acquitted
Ralph Myers recanted his testimony and told the court that Walter McMillian had nothing to do with the murder of Ronda Morrison because...
His therapy sessions convinced him to 'make it right' by telling the truth.
He had a premonition
He was threatened
He was being paid
What happened to Stevenson when he first went to visit Avery in jail? Click all answers that apply.
He was harassed
He was strip-searched
He was made to feel like a criminal
He got along well with the Officer
Chapter 10 of Just Mercy is mostly about (Main Idea)?
Herbert Richardson's case and Atkins v. Virginia
Loving v. Virginia
How prisons deal with inmates with mental health issues
Juvenile
Justice
A supporting detail of chapter 10's main idea is...?
that over 50% of prison and jail inmates in the US have a diagnosed mental illness
Antonio became the youngest person in the US condemned to die in prison for a crime in which no one was physically injured.
That by the late 1980's and 1990's, criminologists predicted a new generation of "super-predators"
Ian spent 18 years in uninterrupted solitary confinement
To be Rapt, is to be...
wrapped
completely fascinated by what you are seeing or hearing.
a fan of rap music
a retraction
Kanye West is both famous and infamous; to be infamous is to be
well known for some bad quality or deed
forced to do something against your will
apprehensive
aggresive
