Behind Bars
What is arrest?
This person rarely renders verdicts.
What is a judge?
Nearly all cases request this method of changing a verdict.
What is an appeal?
This building structure is spelled differently from the city in which it exists.
Do not say that someone is hiding behind this U.S. Constitutional Amendment?
What is the 5th Amendment?
This completely forgives a person of any past convictions.
What is a pardon?
A formal proceeding where a defendant gives the court a plea of guilty or not guilty.
What is an arraignment?
This group of people often render a verdict in a trial.
What is a jury?
This branch of the government is in charge of creating and passing laws.
These 13 courts sit below the U.S. Supreme Court.
What are the U.S. Court of Appeals?
This is given to someone who has not served any prison time and often requires some form of community service.
What is probation?
This charge is submitted when someone kills another person without intending to do so.
What is manslaughter?
This is what someone does when they do not approve of an action by a person or company.
What is a boycott?
This branch of government creates this to administer policy.
What is an administration?
This is called the highest law of the land.
What is the Constitution?
This is the terms of release after a convicted person has spent time in prison.
What is parole?
This is the place that a person who has not yet been convicted of a crime awaits trial if they cannot afford bail.
What is jail?
This is an official action taken by a government to limit supplies being delivered to another country or region.
What is an embargo?
When a military group takes over a government in a coup their government is referred to as this.
What is a junta?
This amendment protects again unlawful search and seizure.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Pleading this admits no guilt and allows the person pleading to retain the right to defend themselves at a future date if new evidence allows.
What is nolo contendre?
This is the place that people who have been convicted of a crime serve their term.
What is prison?
A political philosophy that promotes the rights and powers of ordinary people.
What is populism?
Generally an oppressive or undemocratic political system.
What is a regime?
Always lowercase this term for a jury who evaluates if there is enough evidence to go to trial.
What is a grand jury?