The Courtroom

3. To physically attack another person.
5. A court case brought by an individual person rather than officials.
9. To be released from prison early but with restrictions on the person’s actions.
11. he person who has had a crime committed against them and who has suffered
13. To state that someone is guilty of a crime.
15. A person who is believed to have committed a crime.
17. To be required to give away money as a punishment for committing a crime
19. A group of 12 people who listen to the evidence in a case and then decide if the accused is guilty
20. The person who has been accused of committing a crime
22. A lawyer who explains why a person did not do the crime or why they are innocent.
23. To start a legal claim against a person or entity
25. To be found to have committed a crime
26. Where previous judgments are used as the base of new laws.

1. The place where cases are heard by a judge.
2. The material and information that is used in a court case to show innocence or guilt
4. To claim someone did something
6. To give evidence in a court.
7. The crime of intentionally killing someone
8. The person who starts an action in a court.
10. To say a person is not guilty and did not perform a crime.
11. The final decision reached by a jury, normally ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’.
12. A person who has information about a crime
14. The process of a jury listening to evidence and then giving a verdict.
16. The crime of lying while promising not to lie.
18. To try to reverse the judgment of a court.
21. A period of time where a criminal's behaviour is looked at closely and if they do anything wrong they can go back to prison
24. The person who decides what sentence to give to someone found guilty of committing a crime.