III. PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE

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C) characterizing the initiation of criminal prosecutions in the USA.

I. DEVELOPMENT

1. In the text find the words (sentences) …

a) comparing the way in which the criminal law is defined in England and the USA;

b) describing classifications of crimes/offences in England;

2. Use the information from the text to divide the sentences into two groups: those relating to the criminal law of England, and those relating to the criminal law of the USA.

1) The law lacks the criminal codes.

2) The criminal codes have been instituted.

3) The defendant may defend himself pro se, and may act as his own attorney, if desired.

4) Offences are classified as indictable and summary offences.

5) The criminal law is not strictly defined and is rather disorganised.

6) Criminal prosecutions are initiated by complaint issued by a judge, or by indictment issued by a grand jury.

7) Different states have a diversity of practices.

8) The Sixth Amendment guarantees a criminal defendant the right to a speedy and public trial

9) The interests of the state are represented by a prosecuting attorney.

10) There is no common idea to how crimes are defined

11) Criminal trials are administered by magistrates' courts, Crown Courts, High Court and the Court of Appeal.

3. In the text find the related word to the following verbs:

to indict, to offend, to conspire, to try, to accuse, to defend, to codify.

Особи, які вчинили злочин на території України, підлягають відповідальності згідно з чинним Кодексом.

Питання про кримінальну відповідальність дипломатичних

представників іноземних держав та інших громадян, які за законами

України і міжнародними договорами, згода на обов'язковість яких

надана Верховною Радою України, не є підсудні у кримінальних

справах судам України, в разі вчинення ними злочину на території

України вирішується дипломатичним шляхом.

Громадяни України, які вчинили злочин за межами України, підлягають кримінальній відповідальності згідно з чинним Кримінальним Кодексом, якщо інше не передбачене міжнародними договорами України, згода на обов᾽язковість яких надана Верховною Радою України.

1. How good are you at detective work? Below there are two conversations. They include 6 colloquial speech words. The definition of these words you can find in the box. Read the conversation and use the context to match the words with their definitions.

1) A defense lawyer

2) An informer

3) In prison

4) to arrest

5) To rob using weapons

6) To inform the police

Dialogue 1.

- Have you heard about Henry?

- No. What?

- He’s been nicked.

- You are joking. What happened?

- He was blagging a bank with his brother and somebody grassed on them.

- Who’s the nark?

- Who knows? Henry’s got a lot of enemies.

Dialogue 2.

- What did he get?

- Eight years.

- Eight years inside! You said he had a good brief.

- Well, he thought he did.