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Vocabulary of crime and punishment

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A group of people chosen to make a decision in a court of law

jury

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a serious offence against the law, serious law breaking

crime

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to examine information in a court of law and make a decision

try

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law dealing with the private rights of citizens, with no crime

civil law

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a law broken related to driving

traffic violation

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to prevent something from happening

deter

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to officially state that a person has broken the law

charge (with a crime)

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the person in charge of a court of law

judge

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when the police come to arrest you

take into custody

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the death penalty

capital punishment

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money paid as a punishment for breaking the law

fine

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a person who has been hurt of suffered from a crime, accident, war, etc.

victim

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(n) punishment given to a criminal by a judge or (v) to say what the punishment is

sentence

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money demanded by the court, paid by the person chard with a crime to secure that the person will return for court

bail

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a person who has seen an event and is able to describe it

witness

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to make a legal claim against, to take to court and ask for compensation ($) for damages suffered

sue

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