Across
- 2. behavioral expectations
- 5. institutions for those convicted of serious crimes
- 7. individual charged with carrying out the legal prosecution
- 9. protects the public, maintains order, enforces laws, identifies offenders, brings the guilty to justice, and treats and punishes convicted people
- 11. person against whom the charge is brought in court
- 12. sum of money paid to the court to guarantee that he or she will appear at future hearings
Down
- 1. the first appearance in court of a person who has been arrested to be read the charges against them and to be advised of their rights
- 3. defines federal crimes
- 4. accused of wrongdoing through formal accusations
- 6. a verdict of not guilty in a criminal case
- 8. an intentional act or omission to act, neither justified nor excused, that is in violation of the criminal law and punishable by state
- 10. territory over which it has authority