Across
- 2. Death penalty (2)
- 6. The act of overthrowing one's government or being disloyal to it
- 8. The formal accusation of an individual, typically through an indictment or information
- 9. Soldiers or law enforcement officers assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting (2)
- 12. The jury's decision
- 13. Judicial determination of a punishment for a convicted individual
- 14. Very evil and hateful
- 15. Suspension of activity
Down
- 1. Corrupt, wicked, or perverted; immoral
- 3. Legal arrangement in criminal law where the defendant agrees to plead guilty or no contest to a charge in exchange for concessions from the prosecutor (2)
- 4. A very important or historic event
- 5. The act of stealing
- 7. Sum of money or property pledged to a court to ensure that a defendant appears for trial
- 8. Cut short or reduce
- 10. To dissuade, to discourage, to prevent
- 11. Formal reading of a criminal charging document in the presence of the defendant, to inform them of the criminal charges against them