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1.trial

a) information used in a court of law to decide whether the accused is guilty or not

2. case

b) evidence that shows conclusively whether something is a fact or not

3. evidence

c) the decision: guilty or not guilty

4. verdict

d) a crime that is being investigated

5. proof

e) the person who leads a trial and decides on the sentence

6. judge

f) group of twelve citizens who decide whether the accused is guilty or not

7. warrant

g) the legal process in court whereby an accused person is investigated, or tried, and then found guilty or not guilty

8. jury

h) an official written order which gives the police special permission to do smth. such as search someone’s house, take away their property for investigation, or arrest them

9. to investigate

i) to examine all the details in order to find out what happened or what is happening

10. to commit a crime or an offence

j) to say someone is guilty

11. to charge someone with (murder

k) to argue for or against someone in a trial

12. to plead guilty or not guilty

l) to do something illegal

13. to defend/prosecute someone in court

m) to catch sb and take them somewhere to decide whether they should be charged with an offence

14. to accuse someone of a crime

n)to punish someone by putting them in the electric chair

15. to send someone to the electric chair

o) to make a statement, especially under the oath in a court of law, about smth that has happened

16. to put under arrest

p) to bring someone to court

17. to testify against sb

q) to swear in court that one is guilty or otherwise

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