Suicide Replaces Homicide as Second-Leading Cause of Death Among U.S. Teenagers. by Alicia VanOrman and Beth Jarosz. (June 2016) Suicides have become the second-leading cause of death among teenagers in the United States, surpassing homicide deaths, which dropped to third on the list (see Figure 1). The teenage suicide rate increased from 8 deaths per 100,000 in 1999 to 8.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2014.
conviction noun [ C/U ] (CRIME) âº the act of deciding officially in a court of law that someone is guilty of a particular crime: [ C ] His criminal record includes convictions for robberies in several states.
  An indictment is a document issued by a grand jury charging one or more persons with the commission of a criminal offense. In most states, a matter involving a capita â¦ l crime, that is, a crime punishable by death, must be submitted to a grand jury as the sole means of charging the person with the crime.plit and merge into it. Answer by EMendivil. Confidence votes 63. Definition: formal words spoken or written by a jury that charges a person with a crime. Sentence For example: The accused was charged in an indictment because he is alleged to have shot the mayor.