A | B |
guilty | judged to have done something wrong or against the law. |
innocent | judged to NOT done something wrong or against the law |
criminal case | involving a crime or breaking the law |
civil case | invoking a disagreement over private rightsn |
jury | in a civil or criminal case, the people chosen to decide the case |
sentence | punishment set by a court of law for a crime, such as a jail term or fine |
appeal | to ask a higher court to review a lower courts decision |
jurisdiction | power or authority |
review | to look over; to examine again |
overturn | to throw out or turn over |
uphold | to support or maintain |
majority opinion | a written statement giving reasons for the Supreme Courts de |
dissenting opinion | a written statement giving reasons for disagreeing with the Supreme Court |
legal | having to do with the law; act that are within the law |