See unicameral defined for kids. Unicameral means one-chambered, and the term almost always describes a governing body. Our federal legislature, like those of most democracies, is bicameral, with two legislative (lawmaking) bodiesâthe Senate and the House of Representatives. And except for Nebraska, all the state legislatures are also bicameral.
In perhaps his most mainstream role, he portrayed a cop in the action film Desperate Measures (1998). Garcia then starred in a few lower-profile projects that didn't do much for his career, but things turned around in 2001, with the first of many projects being his role as a cold casino owner in Ocean's Eleven (2001), directed by Steven Soderbergh.
In 1947 Portland, Maine, banker Andy Dufresne is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences at the fictional Shawshank State Penitentiary in rural Maine.Andy befriends prison contraband smuggler, Ellis Red Redding, an inmate serving a life sentence. Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd Red Redding, Andy's best friend and the film's narrator; convicted of murder in 1927. 2  Before Freeman was cast, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Paul Newman, and Robert Redford were each considered for the role.