ADVANCED CRIMINAL LAW
A LITTLE POETRY
U.S. PRESIDENTS
200
Voir dire is the process of selecting a fair & impartial one of these groups
jurors (or a jury)
200
William Blake wrote about a "Tyger tyger, burning bright, / in the forests of" this
the night
200
In a televised speech, he informed America, "I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow"
Richard Nixon
400
As opposed to misdemeanors, this class of crimes is more serious & can carry a sentence of a year or more in the slammer
a felony
400
Emma Lazarus wrote "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses" to raise funds for the pedestal of this
the Statue of Liberty
400
Before taking the road to the White House, he hit the "Santa Fe Trail" in the movie role of George Armstrong Custer
Ronald Reagan
600
Criminals disguise the source of ill-gotten gains via this 2-word process; detergent is optional
money laundering
600
Poe used this 3-syllable word 11 times in "The Raven", including as the last word
nevermore
600
Lincoln's 1863 declaration making "persons held as slaves... thenceforward, and forever free" is known as this
the Emancipation Proclamation
800
Sometimes a judge might, hopefully, just sentence you to do this, work without pay, perhaps for a nonprofit
community service
800
His poem "Jabberwocky" appears in "Through the Looking-Glass", his sequel to "Alice in Wonderland"
Lewis Carroll
800
A CNN headline said this man had taken "8,200 round-trip train rides" to Delaware
Joe Biden
1000
Ask Steve Bannon--you don't want to ignore one of these writs from a court, commanding you to come in &, you know, testify
a subpoena
1000
"You may trod me in the very dirt. But still, like dust, I'll rise", she wrote
Maya Angelou
1000
George W. Bush's 2002 State of the Union spoke of a this "of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world"
an axis