Come forward:if someone “comes forward” with evidence/ information, they inform the police / authorities about that information.

Come forward: if someone “comes forward” with evidence/ information, they inform the police / authorities about that information.

Come before (a judge): if a problem or case “comes before” a judge or court of law, the case needs to be

discussed and a decision needs to be taken about it.

Swear in (the jury): when members of the jury are “sworn in”, they make a solemn promise to hear a case

presented in court.

Bring in (a new law): if a new law is “brought in”, it is introduced and people must obey it.

Come in (a new law): if a new law “comes in”, it is Introduced and must be obeyed.

1. She_____ was trial for the theft of the paintings.

2. The government want to ______tougher laws to deal with drink-driving.

3. The jury were _______last Wednesday.

4. An elderly man _______with information concerning the crime.

5. A new law ________banning all branding on all cigarette packets.

6. Six months after proceedings began, her case finally ________a court of law.

Curb your Enthusiasm

The show that saved someone’s life.

In 2003, Juan Catalan was arrested and charged with murder. He was accused of shooting a young woman in front of her San Fernando Valley home on 12th May. According to witnesses, a black car had been circling the area starting at about 10:02 p.m. Four teens in the area said that a man (who did not fit Juan’s

description) jumped out of the car some time before 11 pm and shot the woman. One eyewitness claimed Juan was the gunman. Juan had a firm alibi. That night, he was at Dodger Stadium with his 6-year-old daughter, watching his home team, the baseball team Los Angeles Dodgers. He even had the ticket stubs to prove it. But prosecutors didn’t believe him. They were convinced that he’d killed the woman because she’d given testimony in a murder trial related to a case against his brother. Juan denied this. “The woman that was killed did not testify against my brother, but the prosecutors tried to make that connection,” Juan explained. “I asked to take a lie detector test, but I was denied three times.” Juan’s lawyer was determined to prove his client’s innocence. As part of his investigation, he obtained television footage taken from the game. Unfortunately, it didn’t include any images of Juan and his daughter. But then, someone remembered that an

HBO TV crew had been filming the comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm that day. After studying footage for the episode, they found images of Juan and his daughter in the stadium. This placed Juan some 26 kilometres from the crime-scene at the time of the murder. Juan was eventually released after spending

five and a half months in jail. He was cleared and awarded a $320,000 settlement. Larry David, the producer and star of the TV show, joked afterwards “I like to tell people that I’ve now done one good thing in my life, albeit inadvertently.”

Legal case analysis

Read over the story. Then, answer the questions.

1. What was Juan Catalan charged with?

2. What was his alibi?

3. Why did prosecutors think that he’d killed the woman?

4. What did they use to prove Juan’s innocence?

Read through the text again and find words or expressions in the

text that mean...

1. Someone who sees a crime as it happens =

2. Drive around and around in an area =

3. Evidence that shows you were not near the scene of

the crime when it took place =

4. To say that something isn’t true =

5. Someone who contracts the services of a

professional person =

6. Parts of a video or scenes from it =

7. To free someone =

8. Money given to someone as compensation for a

miscarriage of justice =

9. Without really wanting to (do it) =

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