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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. In Chapter 10, what drug did Stevenson say was misused in many mental institutions?
2. In Chapter 11, how many years ago had an African American civil rights lawyer in Savannah, Georgia, named Robert Robinson been murdered by a bomb exploding in his office?
3. How did George Daniel suffer brain damage?
4. When did Judge Norton rule on McMillian's appear?
5. Who was the mechanic that modified McMillian's truck?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was it so difficult to get money for wrongful imprisonment?
2. How did Stevenson's grandfather die?
3. What was Joe Sullivan indicted for and why?
4. Where did McMillian decided to live in Chapter 13?
5. In Chapter 11, why was Stevenson optimistic about what evidence in the McMillian case might accomplish in the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals?
6. What issues were there when Stevenson got to the courtroom on the second day of the Rule 32 Hearing?
7. Why was Trina Garnett arrested for?
8. In Chapter 11, why did Stevenson have to take bomb threats seriously?
9. What was Sullivan like in 1989, and what was his home life like?
10. What were conditions like at Tutwiler Prison?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In McMillian’s case and others, intimidation was used in their cases. How was intimidation used in McMillian’s case and other cases? How did the use of intimidation pervert justice?
Essay Topic 2
Stevenson learned about mercy from his clients. What did Stevenson believe it meant to have mercy? How did his clients teach him about mercy? What did mercy and its role in life and justice mean to Stevenson?
Essay Topic 3
Stevenson noticed how history played a role in justice. How did Stevenson see the way that history influenced the American justice system? How did history continue to influence the justice system? How did that affect the cases that Stevenson worked on?
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