Across
- 2. the release of a person inmate after inmate has completed part of his or her sentence in prison
- 4. a person who gives testimonies before the court
- 7. v. to bring a criminal action against (a peson) for some offence
- 9. a reduction of the term of a sentence of imprisonment
- 11. information presented in testimony or in document used to make a decision
- 12. a place for persons sentenced to shorter terms of confinement
- 13. the process of calling a witness's testimony into doubt
- 15. the holding of a person in custody
- 16. adj. having committed an offence so he/she is ..
Down
- 1. punishment ordered by a court
- 3. a lawyer qualified to represent clients in legal proceedings
- 5. an individual against whom a lawsuit is filed
- 6. evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials
- 7. instead of sending an individual to prison,the court releases the person to the community and orders him or her to complete a period of supervision monitored by an officer
- 8. v. to take or hold a suspected criminal with legal authority
- 10. a defence that person was elsewhere at the time the crime
- 14. an official with authority to decide lawsuits brought before courts