Court Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. twelve need to all agree
  2. 4. a legal representative of the prosecution in states
  3. 5. a person who has been formally charged with committing a crime
  4. 8. A misdemeanor is typically a crime punishable by less than 12 months in jail
  5. 9. Power of a court to adjudicate cases and issue orders
  6. 10. the process where information about a criminal suspect is entered into the system of a police station or jail after that person's arrest.
Down
  1. 1. formal accusation made by a governmental authority
  2. 3. the release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision
  3. 6. the first step in a criminal proceeding where the defendant is brought in front of the court to hear the charges against them and enter a plea
  4. 7. Any offense punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year