Criminal Justice System

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  1. 5. government cannot act unfairly, arbitrarily, or unreasonably in its treatment of criminal suspects
  2. 6. Whose job is to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty
  3. 8. information provided either by a witness who saw the crime occur or by a video or audio recording of the crime
  4. 11. forbids unreasonable and searches and seizures
  5. 12. money given over to the court in exchange for a suspect’s release
  6. 13. Who does the jury elect as a foreman at the beginning of trial
  7. 14. a serious crime that is usually punishable by more than one year in prison
  8. 16. an agreement in which a defendant pleads guilty in return for a lesser charge
  9. 18. minor crime, typically punishable by a fine or no more than one year in prison
  10. 19. you have the right to remain silent
  11. 21. executed in prison
  12. 23. How many states do not permit the death penalty
  13. 24. a group of citizens who examine the evidence in a serious criminal case
  14. 25. the process of redrawing the geographic boundaries
  15. 26. imprisonment in a jail, prison, or other correctional facility as punishment for crime
  16. 27. the transfer of power from a central government to a regional or local government
  17. 28. a repayment by an offender to a victim for losses, damages, or injuries from crime
Down
  1. 1. What happens if the jury doesn’t reach a unanimous verdict
  2. 2. Right guaranteed by the sixth amendment
  3. 3. What is it called when the defendant is imprisoned but is allowed to work in the community during workdays
  4. 4. Defends must have access too what
  5. 7. a person is tried for a crime and found not guilty prosecutors cannot try that person again for the same crime
  6. 9. defines rights and liberties
  7. 10. Right to an appointed lawyer was upheld in what 1963 case
  8. 13. The judges typically find a punishment that fits the what
  9. 15. a document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or some other body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice
  10. 17. a formal accusation of criminal behavior handed down by a grand jury
  11. 20. Fifth amendment protects a defendant’s right not to testify against
  12. 22. the stage in the criminal process when a person accused of a crime is informed of the charges and allowed to enter a plea of guilty/not guilty
  13. 23. prohibits people from being forced to take soilders into their homes