Vocabulary notes. .

1.	to consider a claim		рассматривать иск
2.	a pad		блокнот
3.	to get rid of smth		избавиться от чего-либо
4.	to have a genuine claim		подать настоящий (подлинный, серьезный) иск
5.	to ignore smth		пренебрегать, не замечать чего-либо
6.	to enjoy immensely smth		безмерно наслаждаться чем-либо
7.	to dismiss a jury		отпустить присяжных
8.	to be on smb`s mind		быть у кого-либо на уме
9.	to reveal smth		открыть, разгласить что-либо
10.	to make no difference		не иметь значения
11.	to act on smb`s beliefs		поступить согласно своему убеждению
12.	to be faded		угасать
13.	to be in the mood for smth		быть в настроении сделать что-либо
14.	to give the appearance of		создать впечатление
15.	to appreciate smth		оценить, понять значение
16.	Where are you going with this?		Куда вы клоните?
17.	to state wild opinion		высказывать необдуманное, неуместное мнение
18.	to score some points		набрать очки
19.	in smb`s humble opinion		по чьему-либо скромному мнению
20.	a minister of smb		священник

II. Make up five comprehension questions for each part of the chapter.

III. Reading between the lines.

1. Adam gave Darlene a list of instructions. Then he left the office, the Memphis

branch of Kravitz and Bane, and never returned.

2. Breck looked troubled and his words came slower. “But there’s something you

need to take a look at. He may have a genuine claim.”

3. “Get yourself down here now,” Goodman said calmly. “Things are moving.”

4. Supreme Court Justice Edward F.Allbright in Washington was following every

stage of the case.

5. Slattery talked to the governor, the Attorney general, Garner Goodman, dozens

of others. He walked around his massive desk, holding the phone, enjoying all

the madness.

6. “The governor wants to meet with you privately. Maybe he’s planning some

publicity trick for the media. Maybe he’s sincere.”

7. The governor was either being very honest, or he was a talented actor. Adam

couldn’t tell.

8. Adam decided against honesty. McAllister was not a friend, and could not be

trusted.

9. Dr. Anson Swinn described Sam’s physical condition, and made Sam appear a

very sick man. Mr. Cayhall’s case was one of the worst he’d seen.

10. Adam was proud of this strange little man – a human life could be saved.

11. Dr. Swinn had worked with many death row inmates and knew their problems

well. Sam, of course, was very different because of his age.

12. Wedge was both nervous and relieved. Sam was not talking, but his lawyers

were trying everything.

IV. Topics for discussion.

1. What claim was taken seriously and why? Were things moving?

2. What’s on the governor’s mind? Why doesn’t he act on his beliefs and grant

clemency?

3. Why didn’t Sam cooperate with his attorneys?

4. What did Adam gain from the trial?

Activities

1 ). Use the correct tense form:

1. The phone …(to ring). The clerk at the Fifth Circuit …(to inform) him that the

court …(to deny) Sam’s claim of ineffective representation.

2. The claim …(to make) years ago, and it …(to be) now too late to consider it.

3. Adam’s head ….(to ache) as he …(to pack) most of the Cayhall file in a large

briefcase and a box.

4. In the federal courthouse in Jackson, Breck Jefferson …(to enter) the office of

his boss, Judge F.Flynn Slattery, who …(to talk) angrily on the phone.

5. Breck Jefferson …(to be) the number 2 student in his law class, and Slattery

…(to trust) him completely. “They …(to claim) Sam Cayhall …(not to have) the

mental competence to face an execution. They … (to have) an expert who … (to

will) to give evidence.”

6. By noon, Judge Slattery …(to be) fully in charge of the situation, and though he

…(to try) hard to hide it, he …(to enjoy) immensely this brief interval in the

center of the storm.

7. “It’s strange, you know – you …(to be) the grandson, and you …(to know) him

for less than a month. But I …(to know) him for years. And I always …(to

think) that I …(to look forward) to this day.”

8. “Is Sam really insane? You …(to spend) hours with him. Does he know

what…(to happen)?”

9. “Mr. Cayhall always …(to refuse) to discuss this with me, his lawyer, and even

now …(not to cooperate) with his attorney. There …(to be) facts that, at this

point in the case, we should know – but he …(not to tell) us.”

10. “He …(to be) extremely active and aware. He …(to ask) why he …(to be

moved). He …(to understand) what …(to happen).”

11. Roxburgh …(to ask) about prior meetings with Sam, and Nugent …(to spare)

no details. He …(to seem) to remember every word Sam …(to utter) in the past

two weeks, especially his nasty and threatening remarks.

12. Packer …(to be) an honest man who simply …(to tell) what he …(to see). He

…(to know) Sam for nine and a half years, and the prisoner …(to be) the same

today as when he first …(to arrive).

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