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chapter 6
Vocab Chapter 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 written outline of a movie, novel, or stage work giving details of the plot and individual scenes. |
| Accosted | approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively. |
| Resist | withstand the action or effect of. |
| Oppression | prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control |
| Apartheid | (in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race |
| Exonerated | (especially of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, especially after due consideration of the case. |
| 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. |