Legal Studies
Across
- 2. what the jury thinks happened
- 4. make a deal to admit to lesser crime to avoid a trial.
- 7. The police search for any clues to find the criminal
- 8. a victim calls the police and tells them that a crime has happened
- 10. decide on the final punishment
- 11. close questioning to a witness. opposing Lawyer is making witness seem less credible.
- 12. Tell judge whether you think you’re guilty or not.
- 14. when the judge tells the jury what their legal rules are and what has to be shown by each side to convict either way.
- 16. meeting with judge and lawyer to completely charge you of crime
- 17. Police find criminal and take him into custody
Down
- 1. Finding people for the jury
- 3. Defendant and prosecutor get a chance to tell facts about the case
- 5. long process of thinking through what happened and the jury has to decide whether they vote guilty or not
- 6. Police make a record of the arrest
- 9. when the attorneys try to convince the jury that their side is right and they try to poke holes in each other's evidence
- 13. Judge releases you from jail until trial.
- 15. A judge wants a criminal arrested or something seized.