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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Rob McDuff from?

2. In Chapter 12, what was the name of a woman who gave birth to a stillborn baby in Pickens County, Alabama, and was charged with capital murder?

3. In Chapter 10, how many prison and jail inmates had a diagnosed mental illness?

4. How much money was Stevenson able to get McMillian for being wrongly incarcerated?

5. Where did O'Connor move to in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Marsha Colbey charged with capital murder?

2. What was solitary confinement like at Apalachee?

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

4. What was Bernard Harcourt's background?

5. In Chapter 9, what did Judge Norton say about the length of the Rule 32 hearing?

6. In Chapter 11, why was Stevenson optimistic about what evidence in the McMillian case might accomplish in the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals?

7. Why was George Stinney executed?

8. What was Joe Sullivan indicted for and why?

9. What campaign was lead by Dorothea Dix and Reverend Louis Wright in the late nineteenth century?

10. Who was hired as a paralegal in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stevenson struggled during his first year of law school. What were his struggles? How did the Socratic method increase his struggles? How did he overcome his struggles and continue on in law school?

Essay Topic 2

Stevenson began to know the type of person McMillian was as he worked with him. How did Stevenson become acquainted with McMillian? What were the circumstances that McMillian had to deal with? How did he act in spite of his circumstances? What did his behavior in prison and out reveal about the type of man he was?

Essay Topic 3

Stereotypes often lead to false charges. What were some instances where how a person was perceived or stereotyped a direct cause of their being falsely accused of a crime? How prevalent was stereotyping in the justice system? How did stereotyping lead to injustice?

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