Introduction Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 6. this branch of government enforces the law
  2. 8. a system of government in which power is divided or shared
  3. 9. a defendant cannot be tried again on the same charges following a legitimate conviction or acquittal
  4. 11. the court's decision
  5. 12. laws created through tradition and judicial decisions
Down
  1. 1. when a person loses a trial and asks for it to be reviewed
  2. 2. this branch of government interprets the law
  3. 3. previously decided cases that guide the court's future decisions in similar cases
  4. 4. in a criminal case, the person accused of a crime
  5. 5. the side that tries to prove that a person committed a crime
  6. 7. laws that have been formally adopted by the state or federal legislature
  7. 10. a judge or jury should be this