Third Six Weeks Vocabulary

Evidence

• When a jury can’t reach a unanimous or majority decision after deliberations.

• Information or facts used to prove a claim is true.

Acquit

• Declare a defendant not guilty by a unanimous jury vote

• Determined or decided in advance

Deliberate

• A claim that has not yet been proven to be a fact.

• To carefully consider the evidence by listening and/or arguing with another’s point of view.

Superficial

• Shallow or trivial

• Eager to fight; hostile or aggressive

Reasonable Doubt

• U.S. citizens are declared innocent until proven guilty in a court of law

• Belief that the defendant is guilty based on the facts presented in the case.

Innocence

• U.S. citizens are declared innocent until proven guilty in a court of law

• Obedient; submissive

Belligerent

• Eager to fight; hostile or aggressive

• Determined or decided in advance

Hung Jury

• One of twelve peers of the defendant chosen to decide if they are innocent or guilty.

• When a jury can’t reach a unanimous or majority decision after deliberations.

Subservient

• Obedient; submissive

• An area of a city that is marked by poverty and poor living conditions

Slum

• A claim that has not yet been proven true

• An area of a city that is marked by poverty and poor living conditions