arrest:seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody.
verb:The police are investigating the case but they have not yet made any arrests.
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bail:the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court.
noun:A day after he was released from jail, he decided to jump bail and leave the country.
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cell:In biology, the smallest unit that can live on its own and that makes up all living organisms and the tissues of the body.
noun:The cell reproduced and the organism grew.
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charge:demand (an amount) as a price from someone for a service rendered or goods supplied.
verb: I will be in charge of your initiation.
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court: a tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases.
noun:a tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases.
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culprit:a person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed
noun:The culprit confessed his guilt.
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fine:of high quality
adjective:The house is in fine shape
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guilty: culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing.
adjective: The children exchanged guilty looks.
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innocent: not guilty of a crime or offense.
adjective:He says that he is innocent of the crime.
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jail: a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.
noun:The point is that he went to jail for it.
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judge: a public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law.
noun: The room was occupied, but not by Jude Bryce.
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jury:a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
noun:The jury failed to reach a verdict.
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plead:make an emotional appeal.
noun:He begged and pleaded, but she would not change her mind.
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prison:a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial.
noun:He was in prison at the time.
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sentence:the punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offense.
noun: He typed a short sentence , and then stopped.
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serve time:spend time in office, in an apprenticeship, or in prison.