Judicial Branch & Criminal Justice
Across
- 6. programs modeled after military-style entry-level training programs for youthful nonviolent offenders
- 8. the right to remain silent/Double Jeopardy right to due process
- 10. the release of an offender detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision
- 12. the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
- 13. court cases that involve a private dispute arising from such matters ad accidents, contractual obligations, and divorce
- 15. an institution for the incarceration of people convicted of serious crimes , usually felonies
- 16. a hearing in which a suspect is charged and pleads guilty or no guilty
- 17. court cases involving a crime or violation of public order
- 19. right to a speedy trial
- 20. following established legal procedures
- 23. putting in prison
- 24. the act of requesting or strongly urging someone to do something
- 26. burglary , motor vehicle theft , larceny theft , and arson
- 28. crimes that are committed before or in preparation for committing another crime
- 30. the power to determine constitutionality of statues
- 31. a program for reforming the offender to prevent later offenses
- 32. a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime
Down
- 1. declares that all persons born in the u.s. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
- 2. the authority of a court to hear a case
- 3. crimes defined by legislative bodies in response to changing social conditions,public opinion, and custom
- 4. a crime
- 5. theft
- 7. freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
- 9. temporary release of an accused person awaiting trail
- 10. agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that the defendant will guilty to a lesser offense to avoid having to stand trail
- 11. a crime or offense that is less serious than a felony
- 14. the decision jury makes in a trail, th decision said by the jury
- 18. altering of any writing in a way that changes the legal rights and liabilities of another
- 21. voilent or nonvoilent crimes directed against people
- 22. offensive contact with another's persom without that person's consent
- 25. a sentence of punishment by execution, generally now limited to the crime of murder
- 27. the act of accusing; a formal accusation
- 29. apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court
- 30. the imposition of a criminal sanction by a judicial authority