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Chapter 6
Term | Definition |
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Unresolved | (of a problem, question, or dispute) not resolved. |
Regulations | a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority. |
Controversial | giving rise or likely to give rise to public disagreement. |
Heinous | (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked. |
Perpetrators | a person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act. |
Accountability | the fact or condition of being accountable; responsibility. |
Correspondence | a close similarity, connection, or equivalence. |
Superficial | existing or occurring at or on the surface. |
Incident | an event or occurrence. |
Suspicious | having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something. |
Scenario | a postulated sequence or development of events. |
Accosted | approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively. |
Resist | withstand the action or effect of. |
Oppression | prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control. |
Apartheid | segregation on grounds other than race. |
Exonerated | release someone from (a duty or obligation). |
Injustice | lack of fairness or justice. |
Culpability | responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame. |
Prosecutorial misconduct | an illegal act or failing to act, on the part of a prosecutor, especially an attempt to sway the jury to wrongly convict a defendant or to impose a harsher than appropriate punishment |
Incarceration | the state of being confined in prison; imprisonment. |