Death Penalty
You must commit this crime in order to receive the death penalty
2nd or 1st Degree murder
This is the main purpose of solitary confinement
Punishment
The age at which a juvenile becomes an adult in the criminal justice system, divided by 2.
9
This government service provides free legal counsel to individuals who cannot afford to hire a lawyer.
Public Defender Service
This country incarcerates the most people globally.
The United States of America
This is the primary method of execution in the United States
Lethal Injection
Anyone under this age is not allowed to be placed in solitary confinement in DC
18 years old
The main goal of the juvenile justice system as opposed to the adult system
Rehabilitation
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In the show Suits, Mike Ross is a fraud because...
He never went to law school.
This Amendment in the Bill of Rights prohibit cruel and unusual punishment
8th Amendment
The amount of showers a week permitted while in solitary confinement
3 showers a week
Kids this age of higher are allowed to be tried as adults in DC
16 years old
Beyond a reasonable doubt
The term recidivism means...
A released criminal reoffending.
This state executes the most people in the United States
Texas
This is the most amount of time someone has spent in solitary confinement. Guess within 5 years
43 Years
The system that gets students involved in the criminal justice system through in-school misbehavior, commonly referred to as this.
School-to-prison pipeline
This Amendment guarantees all Americans the right to legal counsel.
6th Amendment
Al Capone, the famous gangster who ran the streets of Chicago, spent time in this prison.
Alcatraz or Eastern State Penitentiary
The ratio of people exonerated from death row compared to all people sent to death row
1 in 9
Any amount of days more than this spent in solitary confinement is considered torture by the United Nations.
15 days
The percentage of people in a secure juvenile facility in DC that are white.
0% (>96% African American)
The burden of proof is on this group in a trial.
The prosecution
What are the three groups involved in the process of restorative justice?
The offender, the victim, and the community.