theѝnameѝofѝtheѝcafeѝ

whereѝtheyѝsatѝinѝtheѝcafeѝ

whatѝpeopleѝwereѝinѝtheѝcafeѝ

theѝwaiterѝ

whatѝtheyѝateѝandѝdrankѝ

howѝmuchѝtheyѝpaidѝforѝtheѝmealѝ

whereѝtheyѝwentѝafterѝtheѝcafeѝ

anyѝmoreѝquestionsѝthatѝyouѝcanѝthinkѝof.ѝ

Over to you

Write a letter of complaint on police brutality and misconduct you faced during unwarranted seizure and arrest (see Appendix 2 for the model).

Supplementary reading

Read and render the text «Police and human rights».

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Lesson 16

CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS

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«The rule of law: If the facts are against you, argue the law If the law is against you, argue the facts

If the facts and the law are against you, yell like hell!» Storry's principle of criminal indictment:

«The degree of guilt is directly proportional to the intensity of the denial»

(Murphy's Law)

Starting up

Study the following.

indictmentѝ	indictѝ		indictableѝ
1)ѝ обвинение,ѝ предъ-	1)ѝосуждатьѝ		подлежащийѝ рассмот-
явлениеѝ обвиненияѝ вѝ	2)ѝ	предъявлятьѝ	рениюѝ вѝ суде,ѝ подсуд-
судеѝѝ	обвинениеѝвѝсудеѝѝ		ныйѝ
onѝindictmentѝ—ѝпоѝоб-	toѝ	indictѝ smb.ѝ forѝ	ѝ
винениюѝѝ	murderѝ —ѝ обви-		indictableѝ offenceѝ престу-
toѝbringѝinѝanѝindictmentѝ	нятьѝ кого-л.ѝ вѝ		пление,ѝ преследуемоеѝ
againstѝsmb.ѝ—ѝпредъя-	убийствеѝ		поѝобвинительномуѝактуѝ
витьѝобвинениеѝѝ
billѝofѝindictmentѝ
обвинительныйѝактѝ

Exercise 1 Translate these examples into Russian.

1.Evidenceѝsuggestedѝthatѝtheѝofficialѝwasѝindictableѝforѝtheѝcrime.ѝ

2.Toѝstateѝtheѝfactsѝfranklyѝisѝnotѝtoѝdespairѝtheѝfutureѝnorѝindictѝtheѝ past.ѝ(JohnѝF.ѝKennedy,ѝAmericanѝPresidentѝinѝ1961—1963)ѝ

3.GeneralѝNoriega'sѝFebruaryѝ1988ѝindictmentѝinѝU.S.ѝcourtsѝonѝdrugrelatedѝchargesѝsharpenedѝtheѝtensions.ѝ

4.Inѝpracticeѝtheѝcourtsѝsometimesѝappointѝattorneysѝforѝthoseѝpersonsѝ chargedѝwithѝindictableѝoffencesѝifѝtheyѝcannotѝretainѝoneѝonѝtheirѝ ownѝbehalf.ѝ

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