Criminal History & Development
Across
- 4. act of being charged with a crime
- 5. fair treatment in a normal court
- 6. latin for “to stand by decisions”
- 8. amount of proof required to determine someone is guilty
- 10. law established only by previous judicial rulings and customs
- 13. document signed by an impartial judge who decides there is enough information proving a search or seizure should occur
- 14. lesser criminal offense which is punishable with up to a year in jail
- 15. act of purposefully setting an object or structure on fire
- 17. written codes defining a criminal act and providing the standard punishment for the crime
- 18. interpretation of law established by previous judicial rulings
- 21. rules and regulations created by government agencies to establish agency practices or to interpret and implement policies or laws
- 22. guilty act and a guilty mind occurring at the same time
Down
- 1. punishment-oriented
- 2. serious offense which is punishable with more than a year in jail
- 3. change or addition to a constitution
- 7. set of legal codes from Babylon
- 9. first draft of a potential law sentencing process of determining how a criminal activity will be punished
- 11. guiltymind
- 12. document which provides rules dictating how the government may function as well as how it can create and enforce laws
- 16. reasonable grounds for making a decision
- 19. guilty act
- 20. event or action which serves as a guide for future events or actions