Poor and Minority Group Members Are More Likely to Be

question 15

True/False

Poor and minority group members are more likely to be convicted when arrested, but receive lighter sentences.

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Definitions:

Explicitly Reserve

To clearly and specifically set something aside for a particular purpose or person, often used in legal or formal contexts.

Statesboro, Georgia

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Lynched

An act of aggression where a group, acting without official legal sanction, executes an individual, frequently through lynching, based on accusations of wrongdoing, regardless of whether they have been formally tried.

Accused

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