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Empanelling

creating the jury pool

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peremptory challenge

exclusion of a potential juror without need for reason or an explanation

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challenge for cause

usually based on the belief that the juror is biased

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Oath

promise to tell the truth

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Hung jury

jury can’t reach a unanimous decision

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sequester

to isolate a jury until a decision is reached

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Circumstantial evidence

indirect evidence that attempts to link the accused to the crime through circumstance and physical evidence

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Subpoena

document that order a person to go to court as a witness

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Perjury

giving false information in court

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Voir dire

hearing within a hearing to determine admissibility of evidence

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Duress

Crime was committed due to threats of danger (forces to commit crime)

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double jeopardy

cannot be tried for same crime twice

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Exculpatory statement

deny the charge

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Similar fact evidence

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Autre Fois Aquit

A person should not be convicted of an offence for which the person was formerly acquitted

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stay of proceedings

A ruling by a court to stop or suspend a proceeding or trial temporarily or indefinitely.

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