12 Angry Men

Question 1

Acquit

Answer 1

Free someone from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty

Question 2

Alibi

Answer 2

A piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when a criminal act is alleged to have taken place.

Question 3

Convict

Answer 3

Declare someone to be guilty of a criminal offense by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law.

Question 4

Coroner

Answer 4

An official who investigates violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths

Question 5

Cross-Examine

Answer 5

Question a witness called by the other party in a court of law to discredit or undercut testimony already given

Question 6

Death Penalty

Answer 6

The punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime

Question 7

Defendant

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Deliberate(v.)

Answer 8

Engage in long and careful consideration

Question 9

Double Jeopardy

Answer 9

The prosecution of a person twice for the same offense

Question 10

Foreman

Answer 10

A juror who supervises and directs other jurors.

Question 11

Homicide

Answer 11

The killing of one by another

Question 12

Hung Jury

Answer 12

A jury that is unable to reach a verdict by the required voting margin, resulting in a mistrial.

Question 13

Jury of one’s peers

Answer 13

The right to a trial by an impartial jury chosen from a cross-section of the community

Question 14

Perjury

Answer 14

The offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation.

Question 15

Plead the Fifth (Amendment)

Answer 15

Exercising their right to remain silent and not incriminate themselves.

Question 16

Premeditate

Answer 16

Think out or plan beforehand.

Question 17

Presumption of innocence

Answer 17

Every person accused of any crime is considered innocent until proven guilty.

Question 18

Reasonable doubt

Answer 18

Standard of proof required to validate a criminal conviction in most adversarial legal systems.

Question 19

Sentence/sentencing

Answer 19

The punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offense.

Question 20

Stereotyping

Answer 20

Basing the way you act/feel towards a certain group

Question 21

Unanimous

Answer 21

Two or more people fully in agreement.

Question 22

Verdict

Answer 22

A decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.

Question 23

Bigot

Answer 23

A person who is unreasonably attached to a belief or opinion, especially one who is prejudiced against or antagonistic toward a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.

Question 24

El elevated train

Answer 24

A railway that runs on a raised track above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure.

Question 25

Mugging

Answer 25

An act of attacking and robbing someone in a public place.

Question 26

Tenement

Answer 26

A room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.

Question 27

Antagonize

Answer 27

Cause someone to become hostile or angry.

Question 28

Belligerently

Answer 28

A desire to fight or argue, or in a way that relates to fighting a war.

Question 29

Bickering

Answer 29

Argue about petty and trivial matters.

Question 30

Discrepancy

Answer 30

A lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.

Question 31

Preliminary

Answer 31

Denoting an action or event preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important.

Question 32

Rapport

Answer 32

A close relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other’s feelings or ideas and communicate well.

Question 33

Refugee

Answer 33

A person who has been forced to leave their country to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

Question 34

Sadist

Answer 34

A person who derives pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain or humiliation on others.