Across
- 4. first person to be convicted using DNA evidence
- 6. first person executed in Texas in 1819 for piracy
- 8. Father of modern policing
- 12. amendment that prohibits cruel and unusual punishment in the US
- 13. number of federal appellate courts in US
- 14. Victim in the crime of John Wilkes Booth
- 17. criminal sentencing aimed at removing someone from society, either through imprisonment or death sentencing
- 18. first woman executed by the US government
- 20. Supreme Court decision providing rights be read to those detained and arrested
- 21. number of jurors on average criminal trial jury
- 22. only state with no state police force
- 23. science of handwriting analysis
- 26. Criminal occurrence that led to the first successful use of ballistics in a major case
- 27. birthname of H.H. Holmes, considered to be the first recognized US serial killer
- 29. a crime that is wrong in and of itself, common sense that it violates others
Down
- 1. document that provides framework and limits on US government
- 2. state law enforcement agency in Texas, 166 officers
- 3. Eduardo Alvarez made the first criminal identification using a _____
- 5. federal principal aw enforcement agency of US government
- 7. length of Supreme Court justice term of office
- 9. amendment that guarantees a right to an attorney in criminal proceedings
- 10. list of laws and consequences for a state
- 11. government leader capable of granting pardons
- 15. minimum type of auto insurance required in Texas by law
- 16. brand of rifle used by Lee Harvey Oswald in John F Kennedy assassination
- 19. form of shorthand typing done to record verbatim, example court reporting
- 20. crime that is wrong because it has been criminalized by government statute
- 24. closing arguments in a trial
- 25. number of state with death penalty
- 28. federal law enforcement agency charged with combating drug trafficking and distribution