Across
- 2. Jury / a group of citizens who meet to investigate charges from preliminary hearings
- 3. / relations between members of a community
- 5. and battery / threatening a person and making physical contact with them
- 7. / offense against the public, society or the state
- 9. / Interprets the law and apply it to cases
- 12. / not responsible for an event
- 13. / less than 1 year in prison
- 15. Cause / Evidence for reasonable person to believe proposed action is justified
- 17. / 5 types of punishment ex.fines probation etc.
- 19. / an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law
- 22. / apply to higher court for reversal of the decision of a lower court
- 24. / Executes or endorses law
- 25. / Area where power extends
- 26. / Monetary guarantee deposited to court
- 27. / More than 1 year in prison
Down
- 1. / Case involving violations of federal law are tried first in the U.S District Court
- 2. / responsible for a specified wrongdoing
- 4. / Passes laws against certain crimes
- 5. / first step in criminal proceedings
- 6. / public figure who institutes legal proceedings against someone
- 8. / Public official appointed to decide cases in cases
- 10. / A decision in a civil or criminal case
- 11. / Defendant pleads guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity
- 14. / lying under oath
- 15. / Conditional release of prisoners before serving their full sentence
- 16. / retained to community under supervision of an officer
- 18. Enforcement / control and prevent crime
- 20. / Formal or repetitive questioning
- 21. process / requires the state to respect all the legal rights owed to a person
- 23. hearing / In felony case, pretrial, judge determines whether there is probable cause