| A | B |
|---|
| search warrant | a court order giving police permission to go through your personal belongings |
| probable cause | reasonable suspicion of a crime |
| 14th amendment | State governments cannot deprive a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law |
| 5th Amendment | the national government cannot deprive a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law |
| exclusionary rule | evidence that is illegally obtained by the police is not admissable in court |
| wiretapping | a court order giving police permission to go through your phone line to listen to your conversations |
| writ of habeas corpus | commanded to come in front of the judge to hear what your charges are |
| double jeopardy | once a person has been charged and gone through the trial process, he/she cannot be charged for the same crime again |
| 6th amendment | right to a speedy and public trial, trial by jury, right to counsel, confront witnesses |
| bail | a sum of money that the accused may be required to post as a guarantee that he/she will apepar in court at the proper time |
| capital punishment | punishment by death |
| fine | a payment that has to be made as a fee to a misdemeanor you've committed |
| verdict | the last step in the court process |
| appeal | to try to get a higher court to hear the case because of a technical problem |
| white collar crime | financial crimes |
