Judicial Branch
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
JUVENILE
- a young person; youth.
- This is a young person and is an example of a juvenile
DELINQUENT
- showing or characterized by a tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime.
- This shows people committing a minor crime.
REFORM
- make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it.
- This picture shows people working together to make change.
PROSECUTE
- institute legal proceedings against (a person or organization).
- This picture shows the action of prosecution by using this tool.
OFFENDER
- a person who commits an illegal act.
- This thief is an example of an offender
CONVICTION
- a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense, made by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law.
- This shows someone who was convicted being prosecuted.
OVERREPRESENTATION
- Represented in excessive or disproportionately large numbers or amounts.
- This shows the numbers of kids from this issue in a graph.
MANDATORY
- An obligation, you need to do by law.
- This is a sign that indicates something everyone must follow.
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DETERRENT
- sentencing a person guilty of a crime which ensures that the punishment is sufficient to deter the guilty person, and others, from committing the same crime
- This symbols relates by saying to not repeat again.
DISPARITY
- Sentence disparity refers to an inequality in criminal sentencing which is the result of unfair or unexplained causes
- This shows a case that showed disparity in the 2013 election votes for this country.
SENTENCE
- the punishment given to a person convicted of a crime.
- This shows that how long he is in jail is his sentence
