Unit 4: U.S. Legal System

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Across
  1. 5. Prevent people from deliberately or recklessly harming others or other’s property
  2. 7. Argues that the criminal simply deserves punishment because of the harm he or she inflicted
  3. 10. The punishment will be seen by others as a painful consequence to committing a crime
  4. 11. Jury members cannot come to a unanimous decision
  5. 13. Deal with specific people/places
  6. 14. A set of rules that allow peaceful living in a society
  7. 15. Disputes between people or groups when no law has been broken
  8. 17. Person who was wronged and files lawsuit
  9. 18. Long-term, people guilty of felonies
Down
  1. 1. Deal with entire nation
  2. 2. Legal document requiring someone to appear in court
  3. 3. When a senator speaks continuously for hours to prevent a vote on a bill
  4. 4. Chair of a committee ignores a bill and it dies
  5. 6. Short-term, awaiting trial or sentencing, misdemeanor
  6. 7. All people are equal under the law
  7. 8. Any person under 18 who commits a crime
  8. 9. To turn down or deny a bill from passing
  9. 12. The criminal’s behavior should be corrected in order to turn them into good citizens
  10. 16. Person who is being sued