Arrest
A person who is believed to have committed a crime.
What is a suspect?
Someone called to provide evidence during a trial.
What is a witness?
Promising to tell the truth in court.
What is being sworn in?
What is rehabilitation?
A jury that cannot reach a unanimous decision.
What is a hung jury?
A court order allowing police to carry out a specific action.
What is a warrant?
A group of 12 citizens chosen to listen to a trial and make a decision on its outcome.
What is a jury?
A court order releasing the suspect while they are awaiting trial.
What is bail?
Alternative dispute resolution.
What is mediation?
Lying after you have sworn to tell the truth.
What is perjury?
Information and physical objects collected by the police.
What is evidence?
The lawyer responsible for representing the government during a criminal trial.
What is a Crown Attorney?
Serious disrespect of the court that could result in a fine or jail sentence.
What is contempt of court?
The term for where someone serving more than two years will have to stay.
What is a penitentiary?
A document that contains a formal list of charges.
What is an indictment?
The most serious of offences.
What are indictable offences?
In Canada, someone between the ages of 12-17 who is dealing with the law.
What is a youth offender?
The questioning of witness by the lawyer on the opposite side of the case.
What is cross-examination?
When a person is found or pleads guilty, but the judge decides a conviction and criminal record are not necessary.
What is a discharge?
The decision made by the judge or jury at the end of a trial.
What is the verdict?
To be held in custody until the next court date.
What is remanded?
An officer of the court who has some of the powers of a judge.
What is a Justice of the Peace?
When a trial ends without a final judgement because of a fundamental problem/issue.
What is a mistrial?
What is statutory release?
An official court document, ordering a witness to court.
What is a subpoena?