Trial by Media

2. The state of being held by the police; arrest
4. The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation
5. Hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed
9. The forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence
11. Give evidence as a witness in a law court
12. Inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, often unfair
13. A clue or piece of information which is or is intended to be misleading or distracting

1. Portray as wicked and threatening
2. 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
3. Action taken in a court to settle a dispute
6. Under judicial consideration and therefore prohibited from public discussion elsewhere
7. A claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof
8. A person or body that supervises a particular industry or business activity
10. A published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation; a written defamation