Criminal Justice Terms

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Across
  1. 2. to lie under oath
  2. 6. a hearing where a person is formally hear their charges and get their plea
  3. 9. a lawyers final opportunity in trial to explain to the judge and jury why they should win the case
  4. 11. unintentionally causing the death of another person
  5. 14. fairness in all legal matters, both civil and criminal
  6. 16. when someone who loses in court asks for a higher court
  7. 17. an uncompleted trial
  8. 18. the power or the right of the court to interpret or apply a law
  9. 20. when a person is held in a state for a crime that happened in the state
Down
  1. 1. a lawyers first opportunity to address the jury in a trial
  2. 3. another way to explain an attorney
  3. 4. intentional killing with no prior intent to kill
  4. 5. the judge listens and hears arguments from both prosecution and defendant
  5. 7. officers must have a reason before detaining someone
  6. 8. malicious intent to kill but not premeditated
  7. 10. no other reasonable evidence to prove someone is guilty
  8. 12. unlawfully seized evidence cannot be used in the court
  9. 13. considering a fair case without choosing a side
  10. 15. sentencing someone to death for a more serious crime and carrying out with that sentence
  11. 19. another word for someone who is in jail