Adult - ESL - Law and Order

It is a ​ (a)   to take what is not yours.

The ​ (b)   of the crime was very upset.

I ​ (c)   a crime so I have to go to court and talk about what I saw.

The ​ (d)   will decide if you are guilty or innocent.

You must pay a ​ (e)   for driving too fast.

• crime
• victim
• witnessed
• jury
• fine

I saw what happened so I am a ​ (a)   .

Speeding is a ​ (b)   so if you get caught, you could lose your license to drive.

The ​ (c)   took a long time because there was a lot of evidence to examine.

If you commit a serious crime, you may receive ​ (d)   which means you will be executed.

Prisons are places where ​ (e)   have to go to make amends for their crime.

• witness
• traffic violation
• trial
• capital punishment
• criminals

The judge ​ (a)   her to five years in prison.

Her ​ (b)   is five years.

• sentenced
• sentence

Match the following

• sentence (noun)

• to support and assist somene so that they can achieve a better state or condition

• sentence (verb)

• to state how much time one must serve in prison

• rehabilitate

• to discourage someone from doing something

• deter

• capital punishment

• the death penalty

• the amount of time you must serve in prison

I don't want to ​ (a)   you from going on your trip but you must be careful as that's not a safe place.

If a hospital does not provide the appropriate care and treatment, you may be able to ​ (b)   them to get money as compensation for your suffering.

This centre is for ​ (c)   criminals; we give them therapy and support to help them change their ways.

For the crime, he received the maximum ​ (d)   which was twenty-five years in prison.

• deter
• sue
• rehabilitating
• sentence

Put the situations in chronological (time) order:

• A person goes to trial where the evidence is examined.

• A person is charged with a crime by the police.

• A person commits a crime.

• A person is arrested.

• A person is sentenced by a judge.

Put the events in chronological (time) order:

• A person is charged with a crime by the police.

• The person goes to trial.

• A person is arrested by the police.

• A judge sets the person's bail.

• A jury states if the person is innocent or guilty.

Match the following words to their definitions:

• bail (noun)

• to examine information in a court of law and make a decision

• charge (with a crime) (verb)

•  law dealing with the private rights of citizens, not with crime

• custody

• money that is demanded by the court, paid by a person who has been charged with a crime, as security that the person will return for his/her trial

• civil law

• guarding, imprisonment

• judge

• the person in charge of a court of law

The girl was ​ (a)   with a crime because she broke the law.

Her ​ (b)   was set at $1000 so she must pay that if she wants to spend time out of jail before her trial.

To get a ​ divorce , you need a lawyer familiar with ​ (c)   rather than criminal law.

She was taken into police ​ (d)   as they think she has committed a crime.

They will ​ (e)   her to decide if she is guilty or innocent.

• charged
• bail
• civil law
• custody
• try

Match the following words and their meanings:

• take into custody

• to be arrested and held in jail by the police

• sentence

• to take someone to court and examine evidence against them

• judge

• the length of time one must spend in prison for committing a crime

• try

• a group of people chosen to make a decision about whether someine is guilty or innocent in a court of law

• jury

• the head of a court of law who decides on someone's sentence