As you sit in court, listening to both your defense attorney and the prosecutor speaking before the judge about the crimes you committed, you keep hearing the term "status offender" being thrown around. You lean into your defense attorney and ask her, "why do people keep referring to me as a ‘status offender'?" What, most likely, does your defense attorney say to you?
What will be an ideal response?
Students' answers will vary.
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