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Question 1: What is a show trial? Be able to give examples as outlined Bach's book.
Question 2: What is lax-adversarialism and how is it connected to plea bargains? Be able to talk about various stories in Bach's book that highlight this system.
Question 3: What is the role of the prosecutor, defense attorney, and judge? Which one is able to bring charges?
Question 4: How do the 3 court actors (prosecutor, defense attorney, and judge) engage in "adversaislm" in a trail? Be able to complete outline each role.
Question 5: What is the role of the jury?
Question 6: What took place in the trail of the so-called Scottsboro boys? Be able to provide detailed analysis of the case and its connection to ideas put forth by Bach.
Question 7: What is the 13th Amendment? What is the "clause" that exists?
Question 8: What is the prison industrial complex as outlined in the film "13th"? How is its connection to corporations and the expansion of private prisons?
Question 9: Which presidents were involved in the War on Drugs? Which policies help contribute to "mass incarceration"?
Question 10: What are mandatory minimum sentences, and how is it related to the War on Drugs and mass incarceration?
Question 11: What is ALEC, and what types of laws did they help pass? How does ALEC connected with legislators?
Question 12: What is bail, and why is it important in understanding the prison industrial complex?
Question 13: What is the "right to counsel" and what constitutional amendment is it under?
Question 14: What are the two major categories of defense attorneys? Which one is associated with indigent defense?
Question 15: How is bail defined in the course and which communities does it affect the most? Why is it problematic? Be able to articulate in detail all three concepts.
Question 16: What is the difference between jails and prisons?
Question 17: What is solitary confinement (definition and setting) and who is most at risk of being subjected to it? What type of symptoms can someone develop if that are in solitary? How common is it in the US?
Question 18: What happened to Albert Woodfox? Be able to fully outline his case.