View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what cap did New Hampshire have on the amount of compensation someone could receive for being wrongly incarcerated?

2. Where did Michael O'Connor go to law school?

3. What church was across the street from the Alabama Judicial Building?

4. In Chapter 11, how many attorneys worked with Stevenson?

5. How many people before McMillian had been released from death row after being proved innocent?

Short Essay Questions

1. What law was passed in Alabama in 2006 and what were its ramifications?

2. What was Sullivan like in 1989, and what was his home life like?

3. What was Judge Norton's ruling on McMillian's appeal in Chapter 11?

4. Why was it so difficult to get money for wrongful imprisonment?

5. What was solitary confinement like at Apalachee?

6. What was eventually discovered about the doctor who declared George Daniel sane to stand trial for murder?

7. Why was Trina Garnett arrested for?

8. In Chapter 11, why did Stevenson have to take bomb threats seriously?

9. Who was John Patterson?

10. Why was Marsha Colbey charged with capital murder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stevenson believed that immature brains and childhood experiences contributed to criminal behavior in juveniles. What cases led Stevenson to believe that immaturity and childhood experiences contributed to criminal behavior in juveniles? How were adolescent brains different from adults’ brains? How did that lead to criminal behavior? What were some examples of traumatic experiences from childhood that lead to criminal behavior? Why did Stevenson believe that being an adolescent and childhood experiences contributed to criminal behavior?

Essay Topic 2

The deep South had Jim Crow and anti-miscegentation statutes on the books well into the twentieth century. What were some of the things that were forbidden by the statutes? What was the purpose of those statutes? How were the statutes related to racism?

Essay Topic 3

Flaws in the legal system often lead to injustice. What were some flaws in the legal system that Stevenson discovered? How did those flaws lead to injustice?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 945 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample