LAW AND ORDER (Intermediate) (EXERCISE I56E175)

1.     Match the words below with their definitions.

prosecutor        judge     court                  jury defendant         chief justice                      defense attorney

(A) The person who decides on the sentence. __________________                                                       

(B) The person who presents the victims case. __________________                                                   

(C) The person who stands trial. _________________                                                                                     

(D) The person who presents the case of the person standing trial.   _______________                         

(E) The person who decides whether the person standing trial is guilty or innocent. ___________              

(F) The place where the trial takes place.      ________________                                                        

(G) The person who presides over the highest court in the United States.   ___________

2. Put the legal procedures in the order in which they take place.

(A) ______ To be convicted of a crime.               

(B) ______  To be charged with a crime.                                                                                                  

(C) ______ To be sentenced.                                 

(D) ______  To be suspected of a crime.                                                                                                   

(E) ______ To appeal.                                               

(F) ______  To stand trial.                                                                                                                          

(G) ______ To be let out on bail or to be taken in to custody.

3. Complete the news reports with words from the box. You may need to      modify the nouns and verbs. Some words can be used more than once.

forged             sentence          prison         jury        extradite         judge        suspended      convict             lawyer       fine         case                 prosecution guilty               prosecution     court          appeal                            innocent

 (A) A court _________________ the former manager of a football team to one year in ___________________ for rigging a football game. The sentence was lighter than the three year term sought by the _________________. The former football manager is going to _____________________ the sentence.

(B) The mayor of a major city was found ____________________ of fraud when he was finally bought to __________________ last month. He fled the country two years ago when an inquiry revealed he had been using taxpayers money to finance personal projects. The former mayor was ____________________ from Canada in January. He received a two year prison _________________ and was ____________________ $400,000.

(C) A ________________ sentenced one of North America’s most wanted men to seven months in jail for possession of __________________ documents. After serving the sentence he is likely to be __________________ to Mexico where he had escaped from jail after he was __________________ of murder in 1992.

ANSWERS

LAW AND ORDER

1.  Match the words below with their definitions.

prosecutor        judge     court                  jury defendant         chief justice                      defense attorney

(A) The person who decides on the sentence.    Judge 

(B) The person who presents the victims case.    Defense Attorney 

(C) The person who stands trial.    Defendant   

(D) The person who presents the case of the person standing trial.  Prosecutor                       

(E) The person who decides whether the person standing trial is guilty or innocent.  Jury   

(F) The place where the trial takes place.     Court    

(G) The person who presides over the highest court in the United States.   Chief Justice  

                    

2. Put the legal procedures in the order in which they take place.

(A)  (5) To be convicted of a crime. 

               

(B)  (2)  To be charged with a crime.  

                                                                                             

(C)  (6)  To be sentenced.      

                          

(D) (1)  To be suspected of a crime.  

                                                                              

(E)  (7) To appeal.   

                                           

(F)  (4)  To stand trial.     

                                                                                                                    

(G)  (3) To be let out on bail or to be taken in to custody.

3. Complete the news reports with words from the box. You may need to      modify the nouns and verbs. Some words can be used more than once.

forged             sentence          prison         jury        extradite         judge        suspended      convict             lawyer       fine         case                 prosecution guilty               prosecution     court          appeal                            innocent

 (A) A court sentenced the former manager of a football team to one year in prison for rigging a football game. The sentence was lighter than the three year term sought by the prosecution. The former football manager is going to appeal the sentence.

(B) The mayor of a major city was found guilty of fraud when he was finally bought to court last month. He fled the country two years ago when an inquiry revealed he had been using taxpayers money to finance personal projects. The former mayor was extradited from Canada in January. He received a two year prison sentence and was fined $400,000.

(C) A Judge sentenced one of North America’s most wanted men to seven months in jail for possession of forged documents. After serving the sentence he is likely to be extradited to Mexico where he had escaped from jail after he was convicted of murder in 1992.

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