A group of people who are members of the public and are chosen to make a decision in a legal case.
What is a jury?
100
Statements made under oath in a courtroom by a witness.
What is a Testimony
100
Someone who is not accepted by other people.
What is an outcast?
100
A person whose job is to guide and assist people in matters relating to the law (represents either the defense or the prosecution in a trial)
What is a counsel/attorney/lawyer?
100
A young person who has committed a crime.
What is a juvenile delinquent?
200
A person who has the power to make decisions on cases brought before a court of law.
What is a judge?
200
A legal document that allows search and seizure of property,items, etc.
What is a warrant.
200
The quality of being worthy of honor or respect.
What is dignity?
200
In a criminal case, a person has the right to a lawyer, even if they are poor. If they cannot afford one, one will be given to them. This is in the 6th amendment of the Constitution.
What is the right to an attorney?
200
A process in which a decision is studied and accepted or rejected by a higher court or by someone in authority.
What is an appeal?
300
A person who makes a statement in a court about what he or she knows or has seen.
What is a witness?
300
A crime that is not very serious.
What is a misdemeanor?
300
To take something away from someone or something
What is deprive?
300
The rights the police tell you when you get arrested (1. the right to remain silent 2. the right to an attorney)
What is the Miranda Rights?
300
The decision made by a jury in a trial
What is a verdict?
400
A person/team who accuses another person of a crime in a court of law.
What is the prosecution or plaintiff?
400
A serious crime.
What is a felony?
400
To have enough to survive
What is to make ends meet?
400
The highest and most important court in America? It is part of the judicial branch (one of the 3 branches of government).
What is the supreme court?
400
Something that happens as a result of a particular action or set of conditions
What is a consequence?
500
A person/team who is being accused of a crime in a court of law
What is the defense or defendant?
500
The sentence in a 5 paragraph essay that says what your paper is going to be about.
What is a thesis?
500
A person who is unfairly blamed for something that others have done.
What is a scapegoat?
500
From the 6th amendment in the Constitution.
What is the right to a fair trial?
500
Something that happens as a result of a particular action or set of conditions