Vocabulary Chapter 9

Question 1

Escobedo v. Illinois

Answer 1

Preserves the right of individuals suspected of committing a crime, who are being interrogated by police, to have a lawyer present during questioning.

Question 2

Gideon v. Wainwright

Answer 2

A court decision that preserves the right of felons who are chareged in noncapital cases and are indigent to receive state funded legal counsel.

Question 3

Innocence Project

Answer 3

Investigates allegations of wrongful convictions and educates the public about miscarriages of justice.

Question 4

Jailhouse Snitch

Answer 4

Convict who gives information about other inmates’ communications and activities to correctional officers or other law officials with hopes to receive benefits (e.g., lessen sentence, or comfortability).

Question 5

Junk Science

Answer 5

Science that is not as sound as the normal/standard practices (e.g., poor forensic science used in court cases).

Question 6

Miranda v. Arizona

Answer 6

Supreme Court case that upholds the rights of individuals who are arrested to right to remain silent, the right to have an attorney present, etc.

Question 7

Prisonization

Answer 7

When a prisoner accommodates to the norms and routines of the correctional facility.

Question 8

Third Degree

Answer 8

When an individual who is arrested is intimidated, threatened, and/or beaten during an interrogation.