Trial by Media

5. The state of being held by the police; arrest
7. Hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed
10. The forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence
11. The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation
13. A formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence

1. Action taken in a court to settle a dispute
2. Inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, often unfair
3. A claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof
4. A clue or piece of information which is or is intended to be misleading or distracting
6. A person or body that supervises a particular industry or business activity
8. Portray as wicked and threatening
9. Under judicial consideration and therefore prohibited from public discussion elsewhere
12. A published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation; a written defamation
14. Give evidence as a witness in a law court