Prosecute This!
This person represents the government in criminal trials.
Who is the Prosecutor?
This person represents the defendant in a criminal case.
Who is the defense attorney?
This court is the highest court in the land; the highest court in the federal system.
This is the hearing where a defendant enters a formal plea, usually 'not guilty.'
What is arraignment?
This group of people determine factual issues in a criminal trial.
What is the jury?
This is one of the two ways prosecutors get into office; the other is being elected.
What is being appointed?
This refers to the money a person may be required to put up to be released from custody pending trial.
What is cash bail?
This is the highest court in Washington State.
What is the Washington Supreme Court?
This system allows the prosecutor and the defense attorney to negotiate a resolution to a criminal case.
What is the plea bargain system?
This is the decision made by a jury following a trial.
What is the verdict?
This is the process the US criminal justice system is based on; two parties battling against each other.
What is the adversarial process?
This right of criminal defendants means they dont need to say a word and that cannot be used against them.
This is the number is justices that sit on the US Supreme Court.
What is 9?
This group of citizens decides whether a person can be charged with a federal crime.
This is a legal request for a court to take action.
What is a motion?
This is the standard of proof the government must reach in a criminal trial.
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
This is a party asking a higher court to correct the error of a lower court.
What is an appeal?
This is the lowest level court in the federal system, excluding specialty courts.
What is the federal district court?
This is the hearing where the parties tell the court if they are prepared for trial or not.
What is readiness?
This is a legal action taken in a court of law.
What is a suit?
This is the ultimate duty of all prosecutors; their ends of representation for their client.
What is justice?
What is a bench trial?
These types of courts help deal with specific kinds of issues such as drugs, domestic violence, or mental health.
What are therapeutic courts?
After a guilty verdict has been rendered by a jury, a judge can negate that verdict through this power.
What is judgement notwithstanding verdict?
This is the person who initiates any suit.
Who is the plaintiff?