Glossary

13th Amendment	The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which abolished slavery.
Abnormal	Deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable or worrying.
Adolescent	Person in the process of developing from a child into an adult emotionally or intellectually immature.
Aggression	Hostile or violent behavior or attitudes toward another; readiness to attack or confront.
Community	A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
Consequence	Something produced by a cause or necessarily following from a set of conditions.
Contraband	Drugs and other products that are brought into prisons illegally.
Convicted	Declared guilty of a criminal offense after a legal trial or process.
Crime	A violation of a law in which there is injury to the public or a member of the public and a term in jail or prison, and/or a fine as possible penalties.
Crime:	An act or the commission of an act that is forbidden or the omission of a duty that is commanded by a public law and that makes the offender liable to punishment.
Critical Thinking	The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment, involving the ability to think clearly, rationally, and independently.
Dumb	Showing a lack of intelligence; Stupid.
Dumb	Lacking the ability to speak, lacking intelligence, or perceived as foolish.
Dummy	A figure or an object designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real or usual one or to resemble its usual shape.
Firearm	A portable gun, typically designed to be used by one hand.
Freedom	The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.
Glorified	Given an idealized and admirable portrayal.
Gore	Blood that has been shed, especially as a result of violence.
Gun	A portable firearm that uses bullets or shells as ammunition.
Humiliated	Made to feel ashamed or foolish.
Illicit Drugs	Drugs prohibited by law, often due to their potential for abuse or addiction.
Incarcerated	Imprisoned as a punishment for a crime.
Innocent	Not guilty of a crime or wrongdoing; free from sin or moral wrong.
Jail	A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.
Lawyer	A person who practices or studies law; an attorney.
Lethal	Sufficient to cause death.
Madness	The state of being mentally ill, especially severely.
Mission	A specific task with which a person or a group is charged.
Murder	The unlawful killing of one human being by another.
Non-Unanimous	Not agreed upon by everyone involved; lacking unanimous consent.
Obit	Short for obituary, a notice of a death, often with a brief biography of the deceased.
Peer Pressure	Social influence by members of one's peer group to conform, adopt certain behaviors, attitudes, or values.
Plantation	A large estate, especially in a tropical or subtropical country, where crops such as cotton, tobacco, sugar or rubber are cultivated.
Prison	A facility where individuals are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state.
Prison cot	Typically, a thin mattress that prisoners sleep on inside their cells. Very uncomfortable, according to many inmates.
Prosecutor	A lawyer who conducts legal proceedings against someone accused of a crime.
The Hole	A slang term for solitary confinement in prison, referring to a small, often windowless, cell.
Unanimous:	A legal term indicating that all members of a jury trial agree on what the verdict will be.  Source: The Publisher
Violence	The use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy; Behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
Vulgar	Lacking sophistication or good taste; unrefined.
Wrongly Convicted	Falsely declared guilty of a crime, indicating a miscarriage of justice where an innocent person is convicted.  A conviction may be classified as wrongful for two reasons: The person convicted is factually innocent of the charges. There were procedural errors that violated the convicted person's rights. Source: https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/justice-system-reform/wrongful-convictions

Sources: Webster.com, Law.com, National Institute of Justice  and ChatGPT 3.5

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