Across
- 5. Prevent people from deliberately or recklessly harming others or other’s property
- 7. Argues that the criminal simply deserves punishment because of the harm he or she inflicted
- 10. The punishment will be seen by others as a painful consequence to committing a crime
- 11. Jury members cannot come to a unanimous decision
- 13. Deal with specific people/places
- 14. A set of rules that allow peaceful living in a society
- 15. Disputes between people or groups when no law has been broken
- 17. Person who was wronged and files lawsuit
- 18. Long-term, people guilty of felonies
Down
- 1. Deal with entire nation
- 2. Legal document requiring someone to appear in court
- 3. When a senator speaks continuously for hours to prevent a vote on a bill
- 4. Chair of a committee ignores a bill and it dies
- 6. Short-term, awaiting trial or sentencing, misdemeanor
- 7. All people are equal under the law
- 8. Any person under 18 who commits a crime
- 9. To turn down or deny a bill from passing
- 12. The criminal’s behavior should be corrected in order to turn them into good citizens
- 16. Person who is being sued