Crime and Punishment

a public official who makes decisions in a court of law 

• jury

• prosecution

• judge

a group of people who examine all the facts of a case in court and decide whether someone is guilty or not

• witness

• trial

• jury

the lawyers who try to prove in a court of law that someone is not guilty of a crime

• testimony

• trial

• defense

the process of examining a case in a court of law and deciding whether someone is guilty or innocent

• sentence

• trial

• jury

an official decision made in a court of law, especially about whether someone is guilty of a crime

• charge

• verdict

• plead

a person who tells a court of law what they know about a legal case

• prosecution

• witness

• defendant

a person in a law case who is accused of doing something illegal

• defense

• prosecution

• defendant

a formal statement saying that something is true, especially one given in a court of law

• testimony

• charge

• plead

an official statement made by the police saying that someone is accused of a crime

• sentence

• guilty

• charge

the lawyers who try to prove in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime

• judge

• prosecution

• defense