TKAM Trial Vocabulary

Prosecutor

• a person, especially a lawyer, who institutes legal proceedings against someone

• an attorney appointed to represent people who cannot afford to hire one.

• a person who presides over court proceedings

• someone who has, who claims to have knowledge relevant to an event or crime.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

a lawyer who represents people who are accused of a crime.

• Prosecutor

• Judge

• Defense

• Plaintiff

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Witness

• a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.

• a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.

• a group of people sworn to give a verdict in a legal case.

• a person who presides over court proceedings.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

a person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor.

• Judge

• Plaintiff

• Lawyer

• Witness

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

Testimony

• a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law.

• the formal questioning of a witness by the other side in a court of law to challenge testimony already given.

• engage in long and careful consideration and discussion of evidence provided in court.

• a formal legal process used in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

The formal questioning of a witness by the other side in a court of law to challenge testimony already given.

• Court

• Deliberate

• Jury

• Cross-Examination

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

Evidence

• a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law.

• a decision made in a civil or criminal case or an inquest in a court of law.

• a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.

• the available body of facts or information indicating whether an accusation is true and valid.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.

• Plaintiff

• Defendant

• Lawyer

• Judge

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

a body of people sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.

• Judge

• Jury

• Lawyers

• Witnesses

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Deliberate

• the interrogation of a witness called by one's opponent.

• the available body of facts or information indicating whether an accusation is true or valid.

• a decision made in a civil or criminal case in a court of law.

• engage in long and careful consideration of the evidence presented in a trial.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4