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Across 5. a decision made from previous cases 8. a collection of state statutes that define criminal offenses 12. the purpose is to prevent harm to society 13. drawing conclusions from logically related events 14. making inferences from apparently separate observations 15. laws passed by legislative bodies 16. name given to the government 17. a serious offense punishable by death 18. creates, defines, and regulates rights and defines crime

Down 1. the lawful search for people and things 2. punishable by no more than one year in the county jail 3. person accused of a crime 4. based on customs from acient England and incorporated into American law 6. sum total of all reported cases that imterpret previous decisions 7. prescribes the manner by which rights may be exercised 9. an offense against the public at large 10. created in the form of rules, regulations and orders 11. deals with the rights of the accused of a crime