Across
- 2. Clear and sound reasoning
- 5. A person cannot be forced to testify against him or herself in a court of law
- 7. The final decision made by the jury
- 10. Required by law or rules, compulsory
- 11. If some uncertainty exists, a juror must vote to acquit
- 14. To express, an idea or feeling, fluently and coherently
- 15. To consider or discuss carefully
- 16. The district attorney who tries to prove the guilt of the defendant
- 17. A disagreement, argument, or debate
- 21. Serving a useful purpose
- 22. Tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking
Down
- 1. To find the defendant innocent
- 3. To question a witness by the opposing counsel
- 4. The lawyer who represents the defendant and tries to prove innocence
- 6. A juror chosen to lead a jury and deliver the verdict to the judge
- 8. Lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated
- 9. The killing of one person by another
- 12. Lack of agreement among jurors, often leads to a mistrial
- 13. Strange or odd; unusual
- 16. Planned or plotted in advance
- 17. A person cannot be tried twice for the same crime
- 18. Fully in agreement
- 19. To find the defendant guilty of the crime
- 20. An overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.