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60 Cards in this Set
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Dogged
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stubborn
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sadism
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someone who enjoys hurting others
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appalled
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disgusted and shocked
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compassion
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empathy, feeling another person's emotions
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antagonize
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to provoke
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biggot
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racist, predjudice
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premeditated
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planned, to think about or plan beforehand
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double jeopardy
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can't be tried twice for the same crime
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aquitted
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not guilty
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hung jury
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when jurors can't agree unanimously
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belligerent
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hateful, hostile
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coroner
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a doctor who preforms autopsy to find out about deaths
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pantomime
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acting without words, miming
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discrepancy
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a disagreement or difference
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petty
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small minded
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Dogged
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stubborn
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sadism
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someone who enjoys hurting others
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appalled
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disgusted and shocked
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compassion
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empathy, feeling another person's emotions
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antagonize
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to provoke
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biggot
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racist, predjudice
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premeditated
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planned, to think about or plan beforehand
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double jeopardy
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can't be tried twice for the same crime
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aquitted
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not guilty
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hung jury
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when jurors can't agree unanimously
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belligerent
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hateful, hostile
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coroner
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a doctor who preforms autopsy to find out about deaths
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pantomime
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acting without words, miming
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discrepancy
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a disagreement or difference
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petty
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small minded
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Miranda warning
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when you are arrested and the poile officer tells you, "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be used against you in a court of law."
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naive
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gullible, believing everything that is told to you
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alibi
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a cover story
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monopoly
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control over people or things
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Cablevision has a monopoly over the cable in Connecticut
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patricide
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murder of ones father
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matrcide
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murder of ones mother
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homicide
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murder of another
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suicide
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murder of ones self
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bifocals
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glasses with two lenses, each with a different perscription
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intimidate
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to scare or frighten
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validity
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legally acceptable, the truth
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writhing
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squirming around on pain
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deliberate
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to consider, discuss
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America's Next Top Model
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jury
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The twelve or sometime six people brought to judge the guilt of another person
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voir dire
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when lawyers question a potential witness
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testify
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when someone takes the stand and speaks during a trial
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judge
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the person who runs a trial to make sure all laws and rules are followed
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criminal charges
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charges brought against someone for breaking the law. If found guilty the person could be put in prison
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attorney
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another name for a lawyer
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defendant
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the person accused of breaking the law in a criminal trial
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prosecuting attorney
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the attorney who works for the government and tries to prove that the defendant is guilty
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defense attorney
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the attorney who works for the defendant and tries to prove that the defendant is not guilty
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civil lawsuits
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when one person sues another person. If found guilty the person could be made to pay the other person money
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beyond a reasonable doubt
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when criminal charges are made against a person, the district attorney must prove the case to about 99% degree of certainty.
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a preponderance of the evidence
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when a civil lawsuit is filed, the person who has filed the lawsuit must prove the case against the other person to about a 51% degree of certainty.
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not guilty
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when criminal charges are brought against a defendant, it is the responsibility of the state to prove the person guilty. It is NOT the responsibility of the defendant to prove him/herself innocent. Every person is innocent until proven guilty. However:just because a defendant is found not guilty DOES NOT mean that the person is innocent. Being found not guilty only means that the prosecuting attorney did not convince the jury or judge beyond a reasonable doubt.
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jury deliberations
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when a jury leaves the courtroom to decide the guilt of a defendant.
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abstain
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when a juror decides not to vote
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foreman
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the person who runs the jury
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the fifth amendment
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Every citizens right to refuse to say anything that could be used against him/her. A defendant does not have to testify in his or her own defense, and cannot be found guilty merely for refusing to testify. Every defendant has an absolute right to speak in his/her own defense. However every defendant ha an right to refuse to speak at all and this cannot be held against the defendant in any way
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