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I. Find the English equivalents for the following word-combinations; memorize them.
1. смертная казнь через повешение
2. казнь на электрическом стуле
3. смертная казнь через расстрел
4. смертная казнь через отравление газом
5. отменить смертную казнь
6. привести в исполнение смертную казнь
7. удерживать от совершения преступления
8. душевное расстройство
9. камера смертников
10. быть приговоренным к смерти
11. месть
12. изолировать преступников от общества
II. Find the synonymic expressions in the text:
1. the point of discussion
2. a prison block or section for people sentenced to death
3. to the advantage of
4. unusual, extraordinary
5. to remain (or cause someone or something to remain) outside
6. to kill as a punishment
7. have stopped using the death penalty
8. was expected or planned
9. psychic disorder
10. the state of being unable to do something
III. Match the legal terms and their definitions.
| 1. quick justice | a) An objective of sentencing, the aim of which is to restrain a potential offender from committing new and/or different crimes, usually by holding him in a maximum-security prison. |
| 2. death row | b) Extremely fast procedures from arrest through conviction to sentencing of a defendant willing to waive all proceedings and plead guilty. |
| 3. incapacitation cells | c) holding inmates condemned to die by execution. |
| 4. waiver | d) The constitutional principle asserting that the law must be applied equally and impartially to all, regardless of race, economic class, sex, and so on. |
| 5. plea bargaining | e) The voluntary decision of a defendant to give up some rights to which he/she is entitled. For instance, a preliminary hearing may be waived and a guilty plea constitutes a waiver of the right to trial. |
| 6. equal protection | f) The practice involving negotiation between prosecutor and defendant and/or his attorney, which often results in the defendant’s entering of a guilty plea in exchange for the state's reduction of charges, or for the prosecutor's promise recommend a more lenient sentence than the offender would ordinarily receive. |
IV. Match the verbs with the nouns fit the best. Make up sentences with the phrases you have got.
Commit
Carry out
Make
Publish
Put to
Do (smth) in
Reform
Criminal
pass
death
a sentence
a crime
a mistake
execution
study
revenge
V. Choose one of the words that best completes the sentence.
1. How would you punish/punishment somebody for stealing?
2. They support the idea of capital punishment abolish/abolition in their country.
3. Most ordinary people believe that the death penalty deters from commit/committingviolent/violence crimes.
4. The criminal was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment/imprison.
5. Some countries don’t carry out execution/execute.
6. Punishment can also be seen as a deter/deterrent because it warns other people of what will happen if they are tempted to break/breaker the law.
7. For terrorists capital/corporal punishment should be used.
8. Murders/Murderers should automatically receive the death/fixed penalty.
9. When a person commits a crime such as murder, the state then has the right under/by the law to execute him/her.
10. The death penalty discourage/encourage crime.
VI. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences:
1. Capital punishment is carried out by hanging, …, ….
2. Although most countries still have a death penalty, 35 (including almost every European nation) … it.
3. Supporters of capital punishment believe that death penalty … … from committing serious crimes.
4. … argue that execution is cruel and uncivilized.
5. The question is whether capital punishment is for revenge or … or it is to reform and … criminals?
DIALOGUE
The body of a 45-year old man was found late last night outside a local bar. Read the dialogue and answer the questions.
Speaker 1: So this is our victim?
Speaker 2: Yeah. Male, forties. No question it’s a homicide.
Speaker 1: Do we have a murder weapon?
Speaker 2: No, not yet?
Speaker 1: You know, from the looks of him, there might have been two murder weapons. Maybe even two attackers.
Speaker 2: Why do you say that?
Speaker 1: Well, it looks like there are several stab wounds, but look at that wound on his head.
Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. You’re right. It looks like he was bludgeoned with something.
Speaker 1: Do we have an ID on this guy yet?
Speaker 2: We do. He was a tourist.
Speaker 1: So what’s our motive? Was it just a bar fight?
Speaker 2: I asked a server if she’d seen anything. She said she saw him arguing with another guy in the bar earlier this evening.
Speaker 1: It doesn’t look like a robbery. They didn’t take his wedding ring or his wallet.
Speaker 2: No, I think it was just an argument gone very wrong.
1. Who is speaking? Where?
2. Is homicide a frequent crime in Russia?
3. What evidence is necessary in a murder case?
4. Are there any suspects in this case?
5. Is it obviously how the man died?
6. What punishment you think would be appropriate for this criminal case?
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