Ex.7. If you commit a crime you may be: accused
arrested
charged
convicted
interrogated
paroled
sent to prison
suspected
tried
Put these actions in the correct order.
Ex.8. Put each of the following words and phrases into its correct place in the passage below: accused acquit civil suits counsel
court cross examinations fault guilty
judge jurors jury legal disputes
legislature list money officer
panel sentence swear testimony
trial witnesses
Trial by Jury A jury is a selected group of laymen that hears the …………….. in ………… and decides the facts. A courtroom trial in which a …………….. decides the facts is called a …………. by jury.
Before each …………. term, a jury commissioner or another public ………….. prepares a panel, or large initial ……………… of qualified jurors. For each trial, …………….. are selected by lot from this ………… Before the trial begins, the jurors …………… to decide the facts fairly. They hear the …………. Given by witnesses for both sides, including …………….. Then …………….. for each side sum up, or summarize the case, and the ……………. explains the applicable law in his instructions to the jury.
In ………………… for financial damages, the jury must decide who is at ……………… and must determine the amount of …………….. to be paid. In criminal cases, the jury must decide whether or not the ……………… is guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt”, and then either return a verdict of guilty, or ……………. the defendant by a verdict of not guilty. If the verdict is ……………… the judge imposes the ……………. , or punishment, within limits that have been fixed by the …………………..
Ex.9. Each of the words in bold is in the wrong sentence. Write the correct word on the line. All twelve members of the witness were convinced of Davidson’s guilt. ___________________
I don’t think I’d ever break a serious crime. __________________
If the school laws aren’t written down anywhere, how are we supposed to know what they are? ___________________