Across
- 3. person who has committed a crime
- 8. being brought before the court before the trial begins
- 11. gather sufficient evidence to identify and arrest a subject
- 13. formal questioning of a subject
- 14. to intrude upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another
- 15. 55 delegates who contributed to and shaped the document that is still the country’s supreme law
- 18. state of being or feeling secure
Down
- 1. authority given by law to a court to try cases and rule on legal matters within a particular geographic
- 2. money paid to ensure the return of a criminal defendant for trial
- 4. rights given to an individual if they are being arrested
- 5. government in which all power is in the hands of a single ruler
- 6. taking a subject into custody
- 7. groups of able-bodied men who protected their towns, colonies and eventually states.
- 9. something admitted into court for judges or juries to consider
- 10. bring about something by the use of force
- 12. willful or malicious burning or attempting to burn
- 16. tendency of a convicted criminal to re-offend
- 17. when cases are reviewed by a higher authority