Policing
The official power to make legal decisions and judgments
Jurisdiction
This is the name given to fingerprints left on a surface through a transfer of oils or other body secretions.
Latent
The name of the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Justice John Roberts
A convicted person would be sent to a jail when given sentence of this length.
One year or less
The name of a system of government in which power is divided between a central government and state governments
Federalism
Protection from unreasonable search & seizure is guaranteed by this amendment to the US Constitution.
4th Amendment
The documented and unbroken transfer of evidence is called
Chain of Evidence
This U.S. Supreme Court case held that separate educational facilities based on race is inherently unequal.
Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education
These are serious crimes that carry a sentence of death or more than one year in prison
Felonies
This is the name given to the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
The Bill of Rights
In military time this is how you'd write 2:45pm.
1445 hours
This is the stiffening of the body's muscles after death
Rigor Mortis
These courts do not try criminal cases, but hear appeals of decisions of lower courts
Appeals Courts
This procedure involves a board administratively releasing an inmate from prison as well as a provision for post-release supervision
Parole
This official is tasked with inquiring into suspicious deaths
Coroner
The top law enforcement official in a county holds this title
Sheriff
These are donut-shaped cells that carry oxygen throughout the body
Red Blood Cells
This is a judge's decision to end a case.
Dismissal
These offenses are punishable by no more than a year in jail or probation
Misdemeanors
This is a writ ordering an individual to appear in court
Subpoena
The warning given to criminal suspects upon arrest informing them of their rights goes by this name
Miranda Warning
This is the study of projectiles and firearms
Ballistics
A jury's findings on the factual issues of a case.
Verdict
This was the first prison in the United States to perform the death penalty through the use of an electric chair
Auburn Prison
This is the charge for threatening to use physical force while stealing property
Robbery