Pleas
Rights
Legal Terms
People in Court
Other Legal Terms
100
This is the term for pleading GUILTY to a LESSER charge in exchange for a LIGHTER sentence and AVOID trial.
Plea-bargain
100
This is the person who presides over court and makes sure that you receive a fair trial.
Judge
100
Curly of The Three Stooges is seen here trying to this in court.
The Oath
100
This is a witness with special knowledge or skill on a particular subject.
Expert witness
100
11 months and 29 days is the long amount of punishment for this type of crime, also a song by Johnny Paycheck.
Misdemeanor
200
Similar in name to an old TV show, this is when you plead guilty NOT because you believe you are guilty but because you THINK it is in your best interest to do so.
Alford Plea
200
This word means you have the capacity to understand and participate in legal proceedings and it sounds similar to the word CONFIDENT.
Competency
200
Jim Carrey's character is in danger of being found what by the judge?
Contempt of court
200
A person who saw what happened and may be asked to point the person out.
Eye witness
200
Instead of serving prison or jail time, you agree to this period of supervision where you report to a specific type of officer.
Probation
400
This is the plea you must enter to RECEIVE a trial.
Not guilty
400
You have the right to request this, where a judge will decide if you are guilty or not guilty.
A bench trial
400
When you lie while under oath.
Perjury
400
This is a group of 12 people who listen to the evidence and decide if you are guilty or not guilty.
Jury
400
One year is the minimal sentence for this conviction.
A felony
800
This is the plea that you enter to tell the court that you DID COMMIT the charge, and you will NOT RECIEVE a trial.
Guilty
800
This is who the court appoints to you when you CAN NOT afford a lawyer.
Public defender
800
This witness is making a statement under oath based on personal knowledge.
Testify
800
An honorable person who will testify about your good qualities, is normally someone who knows you very well.
Character witness
800
This is a claim or a piece of evidence that can help prove one's innocence.
Alibi
1000
This is a plea where you are not saying if you DID or DID NOT do the crime, but that you are not going to fight the charge and accept the punishment.
No contest
1000
Mark McGwire did this when he testified before Congress about steroid use.
Remain silent/the 5th Amendment
1000
OJ Simpson published a book, "If I Did It," due to this term preventing him from being tried or punished more than once for the same crime.
Double jeopardy
1000
In "Law Abiding Citizen," Jamie Foxx played this type of attorney that tries to prove Gerard Butler's character is guilty.
Prosecutor
1000
At the end of the film, "Shawshank Redemption," Morgan Freeman's character is finally approved for this, where he gets to leave prison before completing his sentence.
Parole