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To be released from prison early but with restrictions on the person’s actions.

perjury

parole

The material and information that is used in a court case to show innocence or guilt.

evidence

A single item happening within a court.

case

charge

convict

compensate

To give something (normally money) to get an advantage.

bribery

capital punishment

To be required to give away money as a punishment for committing a crime. (n

guilty

fine

To try to reverse the judgment of a court.

advocate

accuse

appeal

group of 12 people who listen to the evidence in a case and then decide if the accused is guilty.

jury

judge

A person who is believed to have committed a crime.

suspect

testify

To be found to have committed a crime.

guilty

To prevent someone from doing something for a certain amount of time.

ban

bribery

When a police officer takes away someone who has committed a crime.

acquit

accuse

arrest

To say a person is not guilty and did not perform a crime.

acquit

arrest

accuse

A person who has information about a crime.

witness

To give evidence in a court.

testify

To state that someone is guilty of a crime.

convict

compensate

The crime of stealing money owned by someone else but which you were in charge of.

murder

arson

embezzlement

synonyms for lawyer

attorney

To order someone to go to a law court to answer questions

forum

subpoena

witness

The person who starts an action in a court.

police officer

plaintiff

To kill someone as a form of punishment for committing a crime

death penalty

arrest

The final decision reached by a jury, normally ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’

testify

trial

verdict

A serious crime

felony

misdemeanor

A less serious crime (American English)

misdemeanor

felony

The lawyers who are trying to prove a person is guilty.

prosecution