Real Life: Criminal Justice System (1)

In a technical sense, people who tell lies during court proceedings while under oath are guilty of ..........
suspense
perjury
spin
mistrial

Bernard Madoff should be punished to the full extent of the law for ........., in my opinion. He provided misleading information to investors — that they were forced to rely upon — with the intent of stealing their money.
assault
vandalism
fraud
homicide

We just got back from court. The idiot drunk-driver who killed my brother was charged with ......... and was found guilty today. I am very glad he is going to be spending a lot of time in jail for what he did.
tort
homicide
misappropriation
harassment

I hope she gets convicted of first-degree .......... It is obvious that she planned to kill her husband, in advance, so she could get away with it and collect on his life insurance policy.
assault
perjury
murder
larceny

Luckily, the store was nice about it and allowed me to just pay for the goods as long my son never sets foot in any of their stores again. They could have prosecuted him for ......... for stealing the clothing but they didn't.
larceny
laundering
tax evasion
assault

I don't believe in or agree with ......... punishment. There have been wrong convictions in the past and I can't bear the thought of executing an innocent person.
credible
capital
censored
murder

My husband is going to have to stay in jail until his court date. The judge approved his ......... but we can't afford it. We don't have $50,000 to give the court as a guarantee that he'll show up for his court date.
bond
bail
debenture
promissory note

Finally, after two years, my husband was ......... from prison after they figured out that he didn't commit the crime. In fact, it was our next-door neighbor. We are thinking about suing for wrongful imprisonment.
propelled
ejected
rejected
released

Whew! I am finally done with jury duty. I figured that I would serve a couple of days and be done with it. But, no! The murder ......... I was part of lasted eight months!
trial
evaluation
docket
examination

If you get in one more fight with another inmate, we are going to put you in solitary ......... for a month. You won't see the light of day for one minute of that time and you won't be able to talk to anyone else for a whole month.
entrapment
capture
confinement
casing