| CHARGED | accused of a crime |
| ACQUITTAL | A formal declaration in a court of law that someone who has been accused of a crime is innocent (9) |
| DEFENDANT | One being accused of a crime |
| IMPEACHED | Accused of a crime, especially one against the state (9) |
| THEBURGESSBOYS | 2013 Elizabeth Strout novel about two lawyer brothers whose nephew is accused of a hate crime: 3 wds. |
| TRACE | To follow a path or line, be it of a drawing through translucent paper or of the footprints/vestige of a crime (5) |
| ACCESSORY | A person who incites someone to commit a crime or assists the perpetrator of a crime (9) |
| OBSERVER | General word for an eyewitness of a crime, spectator of sport, spotter of enemy aircraft or viewer/watcher of television (8) |
| REUS | In law, a wrongful deed forming a component of a crime, as opposed to the perpetrator's state of mind (4) |
| ACTUS | In law, a wrongful deed forming a component of a crime, as opposed to the perpetrator's state of mind (5) |
| SENTENCE | In a law court, the punishment a person receives after they have been found guilty of a crime (8) |
| WHODUNIT | A story or other work of fiction concerned with the elucidation of a crime mystery (8) |
| SIREN | It makes a loud sound as a squadcar rushes to the scene of a crime (but an officer doesn't use it during an investigation) |
| VICEPRESIDENT | Hazarding a guess: head of a crime syndicate? |
| INDICTED | Accused formally of a crime (8) |
| INCIDENCE | Rate of occurrence (eg, of a crime) |
| IMPEACH | Accuse (a president) of a crime |
| ACCUSER | One bringing a charge of a crime (7) |
| ALIBI | Defence of being somewhere else at the time of a crime (5) |
| SUSPECT | A person thought to be guilty of a crime or offence (7) |
