The person who helps with administrative duties and stores the physical exhibits introduced as evidence at the trial.

A person who types every word said during the trial. The typewritten document is a permanent record of the trial.

The person who is accused of a crime and is being tried.

The lawyer who defends the accused person.

A group of people who decide whether or not there is enough evidence to formally accuse someone of a crime.

The legal officer who presides over the courtroom and directs and controls the trial.

A public official who brings the government's case against a person accused of a crime and asks the court to convict that person.

Usually made up of six to twelve people, they listen to testimony from both the plaintiff and defendant's side and decides the verdict of a case.

A person who gives the jury information about the case; can be questioned by both prosecutor and defense attorney.

A legal determination that a person who has been charged with a crime is innocent.

A request for a higher court to review a decision made by a lower court.

When the accused is brought before the court to hear the charges against the person to plead guilty or not guilty

The result of a criminal trial in which a person is found guilty.

The questioning of a witness by the lawyer for the opposing side.

An accusation of a crime, made against a person by a grand jury upon the request of a prosecutor.

A trial that becomes invalid, is essentially canceled, because of a mistake in procedure.

How a lawyer asks the judge to make a decision.

The opposing side finds fault with the question being asked the witness.

The judge, following an objection, decides the questions may continue.

A decision of guilty or not guilty is handed down by the jury.

The punishment given to a person who has been convicted of a crime.

To prevent a trial, the accused can agree to a ____.

In the U.S. justice system, persons accused of crimes are _____ until ______.

TRUE/FALSE: Defendants have to prove they are innocent in court.

What is an alibi?

A person cannot be prosecuted for certain crimes if legal action starts too long after the crime is committed. This is called ____.

If you commit a crime under duress, that means that _____.

According to _______ laws in many states, you have the right to defend your home with lethal force if someone is breaking in.

SCENARIO: Somebody is breaking into your home in the middle of the night. You yell loudly, scaring them, and they begin to run away. You take a shot at them as they are running and they are killed. Do castle doctrine laws protect you?

Stand your ground laws, also known as "shoot first" laws, allow people to use deadly force in public spaces without a duty to retreat if they claim to have feared for their life.

TRUE/FALSE: The insanity plea is used in approximately 35.2% of criminal trials.

Arguably the most famous successful use of the insanity please was by John Hinckley, Jr. after his attempted assassination of ____.

If one is found not guilty due to reasons of insanity:

When law enforcement uses threats, intimidation, fraud, or other means to coerce a person into committing a crime it is called ____.