vocab

Question 1

a murder planned in advance

Answer 1

premeditated murder

Question 2

a standard of proof that must be surpassed to convict the accused

Answer 2

reasonable doubt

Question 3

restrain oneself from doing something (vote)

Answer 3

abstain

Question 4

a decision on the court case

Answer 4

verdict

Question 5

held or carried by everyone

Answer 5

unanimous

Question 6

a juror who supervises or directs other jurors

Answer 6

foreman

Question 7

a sentence condemning a convicted felon to death

Answer 7

death sentence

Question 8

a squallid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by people

Answer 8

slum

Question 9

judgement that the accused is not guilty

Answer 9

acquittal

Question 10

a reason to do something/ necessary part of prosecution)

Answer 10

motive

Question 11

when the other lawyer questions a witness

Answer 11

cross-examination

Question 12

an anonymous vote in a jury

Answer 12

secret ballot

Question 13

the case present on the half of the accused

Answer 13

defense

Question 14

a case presented against the accused

Answer 14

prosecution

Question 15

required

Answer 15

mandatory

Question 16

a jury that is unable to agree on a verdict

Answer 16

hung jury

Question 17

declaration of a witness under oath

Answer 17

testimony

Question 18

a disposition to be forgiving (not death penalty)

Answer 18

mercy

Question 19

a juror called down to replace a juror

Answer 19

alternate juror

Question 20

a legal case or other matter that is easy to decide or prove because the facts are very clear

Answer 20

open and shut case

Question 21

evidence that relies on inferance or assumption

Answer 21

circumstantial evidence

Question 22

a person giving sworn testimony in court

Answer 22

witness

Question 23

the action of producing a copy of an official document to appear real

Answer 23

forgery

Question 24

the claim that one was elsewhere when a crime took place

Answer 24

alibi