20.3 Rights of the Accused
Across
- 2. a formal complaint that the prosecutor lays before a grand jury.
- 3. once a person has been tried for a crime, he or she cannot be tried again for that same crime.
- 4. Trial held when a defendant does not want a trial by jury.
- 5. legislative act that inflicts punishment without a court trial.
- 8. rights read to a person before being questioned by police.
Down
- 1. Writ of Liberty, a court order directed to an officer holing a prisoner. it commands that the prisoner be brought before the court and that the officer show cause.
- 6. a law passed after the fact.
- 7. the formal device by which a person can be accused of a serious crime.