Across
- 2. if someone isn't happy with the original court decision, they go here
- 3. if someone doesn't want to go in front of a jury, they may ask for this
- 5. if someone took significant action, they performed ____
- 7. having authority to use one's best judgement
- 8. the body of the crime
- 9. written by legislators
- 11. the mental state of the person who committed the crime
- 12. if someone committed a crime but was caught for something else, this was the ___
- 13. murder, rape, and theft would be under this distinction
- 14. having this gives someone the authority to make decisions
Down
- 1. legally wrong crimes
- 4. if someone died as a result of the crime, this is the ____
- 6. different groups in society are locked in a power struggle
- 7. a value that protects from government abuse
- 10. classifies the crime as more severe
