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Identify showing murder investigation found dead

Martine Moon murdered

MARTINE MOON, internationally renowned star of film and stage, was 1) _____ in her New York apartment last night. Sources report that the actress was found with bad 2) _____ to her head and body. So malicious was the attack, it is reported that 3) _____ who found the body were unable to 4) _____ it immediately as that of the actress. A 5) _____ is underway.

Miss Moon, who had recently been 6) _____ to star in a new Hollywood blockbuster, is reported to have been found surrounded by photographs 7) _____ her with a number of male co-stars. Such was the attention she received from admirers around the world, it is thought that jealousy is the 8) _____ behind the murder…

Work with a partner. Finish the story.

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For discussion:

"Imprisonment is revenge, but not rehabilitation."

Write a paragraph containing two arguments for and two against this statement. Then discuss your answer with other students.

Unit 16 Law Enforcement in the usa

Before you read

Discuss these questions.

1. What is the basic police mission?

2. Did the police force arise and develop?

3. What principles are our police guided by?

Text a Protecting the Rights of the Accused

Dealing with crime and criminals poses a serious challenge to democratic political systems. On the one hand, society must protect itself against criminals. At the same time, individual rights must be preserved. Justice in a democracy means protecting the innocent from government police power as well as punishing the guilty.

To deal with this challenge, the Founders of the US Constitution provided for a system of justice designed to guard the rights of the accused as well as the rights of society. Laws were to be strictly interpreted, trial procedures fair and impartial, and punishments reasonable. Later, the Fourteenth Amendment further protected the rights of the accused.

The police need evidence to accuse people of committing crimes, but getting evidence often requires searching people or their homes, cars, or offices. To protect the innocent, the Fourth Amendment guarantees the right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, and papers, against unreasonable searches and seizures. What constitutes unreasonable searches and seizures? No precise definition has been made, so the courts have dealt with Fourth Amendment issues on a case-by-case basis.

Today the police must state under oath that they have probable cause to suspect someone of committing a crime. Then they must obtain a warrant from a court official before searching for evidence or making an arrest. The warrant must describe the place to be searched and the person or things to be seized.

Before 1980, 23 states had search laws that permitted police to enter a home without a warrant if they had probable cause to believe that the occupant had committed a felony, or a major crime, but in 1980, the Supreme Court ruled that, except in a life-threatening emergency, the Fourth Amendment forbids searching a home without a warrant.