Homework: Choose one of the reading levels below to read. The ideal
level is not too easy or too hard for you. Also, answer the questions from the level you selected.
A. Monster, pg. 25
The State correctly says that the laws of a society provide
protection for its citizens. When a crime is committed, it is the state that must
apply the law in a manner that offers redress and that brings the guilty parties
to justice. But the laws also protect the accused, and that is the wonder and beauty
of the American system of justice.
1. Paraphrase this paragraph using one sentence.
2. What do you think
“apply the law” means?
3. What do you think redress means?
4. Do you agree
that the law should protect the accused? Why?
B. Monster, pg. 25
The State correctly says that the laws of a society provide
protection for its citizens. When a crime is committed, … the state …must apply
the law in a manner that offers redress …and that brings the guilty parties to justice.
But the laws also protect the accused, and that is the wonder and beauty of the
American system of justice.
1. What do the laws of society provide?
2. What should happen when a crime is committed?
3. Who else should
the laws protect?
4. What is special about the American system of justice?
5. Take an educated guess, what do you think redress means?
C. Monster, pg. 25
The State… says that the laws of a society provide protection
for its citizens. When a crime is committed, … the state …must apply the law in
a manner … that brings the guilty parties to justice. But the laws also protect
the accused, and that is the wonder and beauty of the American system of justice.
1. What do the laws of society provide?
2. What should happen when a crime is committed?
3. Who else should
the laws protect?
4. What is special about the American system of justice?
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