Supreme Court Cases
What is Gregg v. Georgia?
In class we looked at the Kentucky death row inmates, who are required to wear this color.
What is red?
This group was instrumental in the founding of American Prisons.
Who are the Quackers?
This type of offense is only applicable to juveniles.
What is a status offense?
This is the age of the youngest person to have been sentenced to death in the U. S.
What is 10 years old?
This case put a moratorium on the death penalty in 1972.
What is Furman v. Georgia?
This is the level of education most offenders on death row had.
What is high school diploma or less?
This term refers to a situation in which an individual leaves the criminal justice system, and is rearrested, reconvicted, or reincarcerated.
What is recidivism?
This term refers to an attorney who works for indigent defendants who are not required to pay for these services.
What is a public defender?
These were the earliest types of juvenile institutions.
What are houses of refuge?
This case ruled that felony defendants have the right to counsel.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
Who are females/women?
What is probation?
This term refers to the overrepresentation of minority youth in our juvenile justice system.
What is Disproportionate minority contact?
This group of concerned citizens in the 1800's, was instrumental in creating the beginnings of our juvenile justice system.
Who are the child savers?
This case tells us race or gender cannot be a deciding factor in jury selection.
What is Batson v. Kentucky?
While this method of execution is still quite prevalent today, we have seen many cases of this method being botched.
What is lethal injection?
While this amendment doesn't guarantee the right to bail, it does prohibit 'excessive bail'.
What is the eight amendment?
This term refers to events that occur prior to the sentencing phase, which might have an effect on the eventual sentence received.
What is cummulative disadvantage?
This is when a judge decides to move a juvenile case into adult court.
What is a judicial waiver?
This 1987 case the Court examined the constitutionality of the death penalty based on race discrimination in its application.
What is McCleskey v. Kemp?
This U.S. Supreme Court case held that kidnapping cannot be punished by death.
What is Eberheart v. Georgia?
This Supreme Court case ruled that segregating offenders according to race was unconstitutional.
What is Johnson v. California?
This term refers to type of philosophy that is based in the premise that the criminal justice system works for most citizens, and society can tolerate a small number of wrongful convictions.
What is utilitarian?
This is the special terminology used when a juvenile is 'found guilty' of their charges in a juvenile justice court hearing.
What is adjudicated delinquent?