Change of Heart

1. an antechamber, typically serving as a waiting room
3. a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action
6. a sleeveless jacket made of heavy fabric reinforced with metal or Kevlar, worn as protection against bullets and shrapnel (2 words)
8. the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil
10. a written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation, for use as evidence in court
12. a system of criminal justice that focuses on the rehabilitation of offenders through reconciliation with victims and the community at large (2 words)
14. a person who attempts to make people involved in a conflict come to an agreement; a go-between
15. a person trained in subsidiary legal matters but not fully qualified as a lawyer
17. a minute body or cell in an organism, especially a red or white cell in the blood of vertebrates
18. a confusing and difficult problem or question
19. kill (someone) by tying a rope attached from above around the neck and removing the support from beneath (used as a form of capital punishment)

2. control or influence (a person or situation) cleverly, unfairly, or unscrupulously
4. imprison or confine
5. a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense, made by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law
7. a prison for people convicted of serious crimes
9. the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques
11. punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong
12. respond to (a gesture or action) by making a corresponding one
13. (of body tissue or an organ) waste away, typically due to the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution
16. establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe, or secret place