to arrest
[verb]
(of law enforcement agencies) to take a person away because they believe that they have done something illegal
evidence
[noun]
a statement, document, or object that is used in a law court for establishing facts
to acquit
[verb]
to officially decide and declare in a law court that someone is not guilty of a crime
to convict
[verb]
to announce officially that someone is guilty of a crime in a court of law
prison
[noun]
a building where people who did something illegal such as stealing, murder, etc., are kept as a punishment
to sentence
[verb]
to officially state the punishment of someone found guilty in a court of law
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