Community Supervision Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Statement/ The attorneys statement to the jurors at the beginning of the trial.
  2. 4. The stategy of preventing crime through the threat of punishment.
  3. 7. Dire/ The preliminary questions that the trial attorneys ask perspective jurors to determine whether they are biased or have any connection to the defendant or witnessl
  4. 8. Sotomayor/ The first hispanic supreme court justice.
  5. 10. Circumstances/ Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.
  6. 11. Disparity/ A situation in which those convicted of similar crime do not receive similar sentences.
  7. 12. A declaration following a trial that the individual accused of the crime is innocent in the eyes of the law
  8. 13. Time/ A reduction in time served by prisoners based on good behavior, conformity to rules, and other positive behavior.
  9. 16. A goal of corrections that focuses on preparing the offender for a return to the community.
  10. 18. Witness/ A witness with professional training or experience qualifying them to testify.
  11. 20. Examination/ The questioning of an opposing witness during trial.
  12. 21. Evidence given to counteract or disprove evidence presented by opposing party.
  13. 22. Trial/ Trial before judge and jury
  14. 23. Conviction/ The conviction either by verdict or by guilty plea of a person who is innocent.
Down
  1. 1. In the context of corrections, a strategy to divert those offenders who qualify away from prison and jail and towards community based and intermediate sanctions.
  2. 3. An oral or written statement made by an out of court speaker that is later offered to the court by a witness
  3. 5. Monetary compensation for damages done to the victim by the offenders criminal act.
  4. 6. Arguments/ Arguments made by each side's attorney after the plaintiffs and defendant has been presented.
  5. 9. Clause/ The part of the sixth Amendment that guarantees all defendants right to confront witnesses testifying against them.
  6. 14. Challenges/ Challenges to exclude potential jurors from serving on the jury without a reason or cause
  7. 15. Corpus/ An order that requires corrections officials to bring an inmate before a court or judge and explain why they are being held in prison.
  8. 16. The philosophy that those who commit criminal acts should be punished.
  9. 17. A stategy for preventing crime by detaining wrongdoers in prison.
  10. 19. of Limitations/ A law limiting the amount of time prosecutors have to bring criminal charges against a suspect.