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the person on a jury who reports the group’s decision to the judge
What is foreman?
100
to reach or grab for anything in desperation
What is clutching at straws?
100
a person in court who promises to tell the truth and answer questions about what he/she saw or knows about the crime
What is witness?
100
to hold back from doing something
What is abstain?
100
describes a situation or decision that requires very serious thought
What is grave?
200
an object that is displayed so others can see
What is exhibit?
200
describes behavior thought of or planned before being done
What is premeditated?
200
describes a situation in which everyone agrees
What is unanimous?
200
to question a witness who has already been questioned by the opposing side
What is cross-examine?
200
the decision made by a jury at the end of a trial
What is verdict?
300
the person who is accused of having done something illegal
What is defendant?
300
statements that a witness makes while being questioned by lawyers about what he/she saw or heard during a crime
What is testimony?
300
a rundown apartment house that barely meets minimal living standards
What is tenement?
300
the idea that a person accused of a crime is not guilty until proof has been presented of his guilt
What is presumption of innocence?
300
the act of voluntarily acknowledging that a fact or statement is true
What is admission?
400
the condition of having or showing excessive pride in oneself
What is arrogance?
400
a sound reasoning supported by facts
What is validity?
400
a jury that cannot agree on a verdict
What is hung jury?
400
to decide in a court of law that an accused person is not guilty of a particular crime
What is acquit?
400
a meaningful detail based on a strict understanding of the law or a code
What is technicality?
500
lawyers in a trial who try to prove a person is guilty of a crime
What is prosecution?
500
an uncertainty that comes from fair and thorough review of the evidence about the guilt of a defendant
What is reasonable doubt?
500
describes something helpful
What is constructive?
500
the fact that the accused person was somewhere else during the time of the crime
What is alibi?
500
to do, tell, or build again
What is reconstruct?