Law-Abiding - Solicitor - Defendant - Jury Offender - Victim - Barrister - Judge - Witness

CRIME AND LAW
1. Match the following words and expressions with their correct definition 1-9.
law-abiding • solicitor • defendant • jury

offender • victim • barrister • judge • witness
1. A person appointed to make legal decisions in a court of law.

2. A group of twelve citizens who are sworn to decide whether someone is guilty or innocent on
the
basis of evidence given in a court of law.
3. A person who sees something happen or is present when something happens.
4. A person who is accused of doing something illegal.
5. A person who is attacked or who is in an accident.
6. A qualified lawyer who gives advice to members of the public and acts for them in legal
matters.
7. A person who commits an offence against the law.
8. A lawyer who can present a case in court.
9. An expression used to describe someone who obeys the law.
B. The following groups of sentences describe the legal process which follows a crime.
However, with the exception of the first sentence, the sentences in each group are in the
wrong order.
Put them into the correct order, using the key words in bold to help you. Some of these
words appear in Task A.
Part 1
A. One night, Jim Smith committed a serious crime. = Sentence 1
B. Jim asked the officer for a solicitor to help him.
C. At the same time, the police arranged for a barrister to prosecute him.
D. They took him to the police station and formally charged him with the crime.
E. When the trial began and he appeared in court for the first time, he pleaded his innocence.
F. The next morning the police arrested him.
Part 2
A. His barrister also said he was innocent and asked the court to acquit him. = Sentence 1
B. While he was in prison, he applied for parole.
C. As a result, the judge sentenced him to two years in prison.
D. He was released after 18 months.
E. However, there were several witnesses, and the evidence against him was overwhelming.
F. Having all the proof they needed, the jury returned a guilty verdict.
Part 3
A. Unfortunately, prison failed to rehabilitate him and after his release he continued with his
misdeeds, attacking an old woman in the street. = Sentence 1
B. Jim promised to reform and the pensioner withdrew her call for more severe retribution.
C. With this in mind, instead of passing a custodial sentence, he fined him a lot of money and
ordered him to do community service.
D. He was re-arrested and returned to court.
E. His new victim, a pensioner, thought that the judge was being too lenient on Jim and called
for the reinstatement of corporal punishment and capital punishment!
F. At his second trial the judge agreed that prison was not a deterrent for Jim.
3. Now look at this extract from a politician’s speech and complete the gaps with one of
the words or expressions from Tasks A and B. In some cases, more than one answer
may be possible. You may need to change the form of some of the words.
Are you worried about crime? I am. We read it every day in the papers. A terrible crime has
been
1____________ , the police have 2_________________ someone, he has appeared in front of
a jury in 3________________ , he has 4_________________ his innocence but has been
found 5__________________ of his crime and he has been 6__________________ to ten
years in prison. We are all very relieved that the criminal is being punished for his
7________________ , and 8________________ citizens like you and me can sleep more
safely at night.
But what happens next? We all hope, don’t we, that the prisoner will benefit from society’s
9________________ , that a spell in prison will 10______________ him and make him a better
person. We all hope that he will 11________________ and become like us. We all hope that
when he is eventually 12________________ and let loose on the streets, he will be a good
character, the threat of another spell in jail being a suitable 13_______________ which will stop
him from breaking the law again. Oh yes.
But let’s face it. The reality is usually very different. The prisoner may be released on
14__________ , before the end of his sentence. He will try to re-enter society. But then he often
becomes a 15_______ himself, unable to find work and rejected by society. It isn’t long before
he’s back in prison again.
So what alternatives are there, I hear you say. What can we do to the 16_____________ to
make sure he doesn’t commit another crime? There are alternatives to prison, of course, such
as 17_________ in which he will provide a service to those around him. Or he can pay a large
18____________ . Alternatively, we could establish a more severe system of punishment,
including 19__________ and 20_____________ , but we like to consider ourselves civilised,
and the idea of beating or executing someone is repellent to us. Oh yes.
The answer, of course, is far simpler. We need to be tough not on the criminal, but on the cause
of the crime. We should spend less of the taxpayer’s money funding the 21___________ and
22___________ and all the other people who work for the legal system, and put the money
instead into supporting deprived areas which are the breeding grounds for crime. We in the
ConLab Party believe that everybody needs a good chance in life, and this is a good step
forward. Vote for us now!

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CRIME AND LAW

law-abiding • solicitor • defendant • jury

1. A person appointed to make legal decisions in a court of law.

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