True Crime
This serial killer killed over 33 people (men/teen boys) and buried them beneath his home.
Who is John Wayne Gacy?
In 1937, this famous female pilot disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during her attempt to fly around the world.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
Terms for exhibits, objects, documents, etc. used in court to prove or disprove facts.
What is Evidence?
This certificate automatically comes with the Legal Studies Major.
What is a paralegal certificate?
This is the term for the party that brings a lawsuit in civil court.
What is the plaintiff?
This infamous serial killer, who operated in Northern California during the late 1960s, taunted police with letters containing ciphers and claimed responsibility for several murders.
Who is the Zodiac Killer?
In 1962, three inmates famously broke out of this maximum-security prison by crafting makeshift rafts and dummies, leaving a mystery about their fate.
What is the Alcatraz escape?
It can proceed "with a deadly weapon", "with intent to commit murder", or "and battery"
What is Assault?
This is the location of the small law library at Webster University.
Where is Webster Hall?
This legal concept refers to the obligation to prove one’s claim in court.
What is the burden of proof?
How many people did Richard Ramirez, a.k.a. The Night Stalker, kill?
What is 14?
What uncaught 1960s copycat killer terrorized London in the same way as Jack the Ripper?
Who is Jack the Stripper?
Acts that lower the dignity of a trial and may bring a fine or jail sentence if you're held in this.
What is Contempt of Court?
This study abroad program allows students to attend international law in The Hague, the home of the United Nations' International Court of Justice.
Where is Leiden, Netherlands?
This term describes the legal requirement that certain documents be filed within a specific time frame in court.
What is a statute of limitations?
Which Beatles song inspired Charles Manson’s delusions about a race war?
What is Helter Skelter?
In 1971, this unidentified hijacker extorted a ransom from a commercial flight, parachuted from the plane, and vanished without a trace.
Who is D.B. Cooper?
This is the term for the right to keep private information confidential, especially in legal matters.
What is attorney-client privilege?
The Webster pre-law programs are accredited by which law association?
What is the American Bar Association (ABA)?
This is the term for the process of questioning potential jurors to determine their suitability for serving on a jury.
What is voir dire?
What did the Son of Sam claim was giving him orders to kill?
Who is his neighbor’s dog?
This late 16th-century settlement off the coast of North Carolina mysteriously vanished, leaving only the word "Croatoan" carved into a tree as a clue.
What is the Roanoke Colony?
Baseball term for laws demanding a mandatory sentence for successive felony convictions.
What is Three Strikes?
This person is the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean.
Who is Danielle MacCartney?
This term refers to the legal principle that protects individuals from being tried twice for the same offense.
What is double jeopardy?