Criminal Justice Crossword

claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act
law as established by the outcome of former cases
system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal
custom and judicial precedent rather than statutes
law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes
defense to the prosecution for a criminal act which, according to the defendant results from his/her cultural background
prosecution of a person twice for the same offense
practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information
lack of slight diligence or care
violation or infringement of a law, agreement, or set of rules
action of showing something to be right or reasonable
real cause of an accident or an injury
reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not obvious
breach of a law or rule; an illegal act
forms of defense challenging the legitimacy of the legal proceeding
rules of court comprises the rules by which a court hears and determines what happens in civil, lawsuit, criminal or administrative proceedings
a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm
written law set down by a body of legislature or by a singular legislator (in the case of an absolute monarchy)
crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's nation or sovereign
attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify