accuse: to say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind

culprit: someone who has done something wrong

jury: a group of people who have been chosen to listen to all the facts in a trial in a law court and to decide if a person is guilty or not guilty, or if a claim has been proved

cell: a small room with not much furniture, especially in a prison or a monastery or convent

court: a place where trials and other legal cases happen, or the people present in such a place, especially the officials and those deciding if someone is guilty

charge: to ask an amount of money for something, especially a service or activity

bail: an amount of money that a person who has been accused of a crime pays to a law court so that they can be released until their trial. The payment is a way of making certain that the person will return to court for trial

innocent: not guilty of a particular crime

serve time: to spend time in prison

arrest: If the police arrest someone, they take them away to ask them about a crime that they might have committed

fine: an amount of money that has to be paid as a punishment for not obeying a rule or law

plead: to make a statement of what you believe to be true, especially in support of something or someone or when someone has been accused in a law court

verdict: an opinion or decision made after judging the facts that are given, especially one made at the end of a trial