Crime+and+Legal+System

Judge – decides questions brought before a __court of justice__; Prosecutor – __brings criminal charges__ against a __suspect__; Constable – a police officer of the lowest rank; Probation – a way of dealing with __offenders__ without imprisoning them; Offender – a person that transgresses moral or civil law. Criminal – a person who breaks the law. Convict – a person who has been found guilty. Attorney - a lawyer. Attorneys sue people, defend people, and serve as experts on the law. England has two levels of attorneys: for big problems, you'll need a __barrister__, but for your hypothetical legal troubles, a __solicitor__ should do nicely. Justice of the Peace (JPs) – handle cases of breaches of the peace, drunkenness, minor assaults, petty theft etc. Juror – someone who serves on a jury; Jury – a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented to the court of law. Magistrate - sb, not usually a lawyer, who works as a judge dealing with less serious crime Mitigation - trying to make sb’s crime or mistake seem less serious Dock - an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial Defendant - the person being sued or accused

Minor – a young person; Inmate – a person serving a sentence in prison; Parole – a promise to be good and check in regularly; Revocation – when something has been officially taken away; Sentence – a final judgment in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed / a period of time a prisoner is imprisoned.

Found guilty of crime (but I feel guilty about leaving him); Stand accused of crime (be accused of); Convicted of crime (found or declared guilty); <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #252525; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sentence sb to punishment – pronounce a sentence on sb in a court of law. (sentenced to death/to life imprisonment/to 10 years in prison/ a 10-year imprisonment / 10-year prison term); <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #252525; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Charge with crime – to state officially that sb may be guilty of a crime; (The suspect was charged with murdering his wife.) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #252525; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Release – grant freedom; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #252525; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Acquit - pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #252525; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fine (n, v) – He got fined $200 for parking illegally. He got a fine for parking illegally. They have to pay $75 000 in fines.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #252525; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Impose capital punishment, impose a fine <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #252525; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Imprisonment, imprisoning <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #252525; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Court of law, give/announce a verdict.