Crimes
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CSI
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Potpourri
100
This term is applied when someone plans and carries out a murder on someone.
What is first degree murder?
100
A group of citizens who decide on the guilt or innocence of a defendant.
What is a jury?
100
A method used to determine if someone touched something at a crime scene.
What is fingerprinting?
100
Athlete acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend.
Who is OJ Simpson?
100
A term for a trial put on in a classroom setting.
What is “mock?”
200
This term is used when someone kicks or punches someone in an attack.
What is assault?
200
Person(s) responsible for maintaining safety in the courtroom at all times.
Who is the bailiff?
200
What the “S” means in CSI.
What is scene?
200
He was convicted of murder while being a superstar for the New England Patriots.
Who is Aaron Hernandez?
200
The act of murdering multiple people, typically simultaneously, or over a relatively short period of time.
What is a mass murderer?
300
The crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought.
What is manslaughter?
300
What an attorney says out loud if they believe a question to a witness or suspect is not proper.
What is “I object?”
300
The best crime scene evidence an investigator can find.
What is DNA?
300
The nickname of two women convicted of killing homeless men in California.
Who are the “Black Widows?”
300
Judges originally wore these on the head in the courtroom.
What are wigs?
400
Theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer.
What is embezzlement?
400
Another term for a court appointed attorney to a defendant.
What is a public defender?
400
This type of analysis helps investigators use blood to see MOTIONS that occurred during a crime.
What is blood splatter analysis?
400
Last name of former Green Beret Jeffrey who was convicted of slaughtering his wife and children while blaming drug crazed hippies on the crime.
What is MacDonald?
400
Last name of Irena, who was shown in a documentary about women in prison.
What is “Pretty?”
500
Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
What is corruption?
500
The process that entitles a suspect to review certain information gathered by the prosecutor.
What is discovery?
500
This is evidence at a crime scene that is falsely placed by someone to frame a person of the crime.
What is planted evidence?
500
Sideline job of John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer responsible for at least 33 deaths of young teen boys.
What is a clown?
500
Term used about the verdict when someone convicted of a crime is proven innocent.
What is overturned?