murder trial
Court killing case
A murder trial is a court proceeding to determine whether someone accused of murder is guilty.
The term emphasizes the gravity of the charge—murder trials receive more media attention and carry higher stakes than most criminal cases: The murder trial dominated local news for weeks.
She testified at her husband's murder trial.
- prosecutorGovernment's trial lawyer
- defendantParty facing charges
- juryLegal decision-making body
- judgeOne who decides
- witnessOne who attests
sentencing · acquittal · conviction · plea bargaining · death penalty · life sentence · fingerprints · crime scene · smoking gun · burden of proof · media coverage · cross-examination · presumption of innocence · verdict · eyewitness testimony · mistrial · due process · defense attorney
- crime newscrime scene, court reporter, court reporting, breaking news, arrest report
- Criminal Casesrobbery case, assault case, fraud case, arson case, drug case
- Legal Thrillerscourtroom drama, John Grisham, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, Presumed Innocent
- trialsretrial, mistrial, dry run, practice test, pilot test
- legal casescivil case, court cases, landmark cases, criminal case, federal case
- legal fictionlegal drama, courtroom drama, crime fiction, detective stories, To Kill a Mockingbird
murder trialcivil suit
Private legal dispute
civil trial · civil case · contract dispute · divorce proceeding · custody hearing
murder trialplea bargain
Negotiated criminal case resolution
plea deal · guilty plea · charges dropped · out-of-court settlement · summary judgment