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Упражнение 1

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1. Suspended sentences are today introduced for the first time in the penal system in Britain.

2. Any court now passing a jail sentence of two years or less may suspend its operation for a period of between one and three years.

3. Quantities of the hallucinatory drug LSD worth $ 250,000 on the illicit market were found by Scotland Yard Drugs Squad men, a Bow Street magistrate was told yesterday. Six men and women who appeared on charges of possessing or receiving drugs were remanded for a week.

4. Sentence of nine months imprisonment was passed yesterday on Det. -Con. G.S. Dilley for assaulting a man being questioned at a police station.

5. Mr. H.S. Pears, prosecuting, said that while Mr. Bradshaw was being questioned, Dilley punched him a number of times. In May Dilley was fined on a charge of assault occasioning bodily harm.

6. An eight-man jury took only eight minutes to reach their verdict.

7. The appeals of 21 people convicted of assaulting a former U.S. Presidential Press Secretary seven years ago during anti-American demonstrations were rejected today by Tokyo High Court.

8. Prison terms ranging from eight to 18 months were imposed for assaulting Games C. Haggerty. He arrived in Tokyo in 1960 to prepare a visit by former President Eisenhower.

9. President Eisenhower's visit was later cancelled because of anti-American feeling. Mr. Haggerty, who had just flown in from Washington, was kept confined in his car for more than 20 minutes.

10. The defendants are reported to be planning appeals to the Supreme Court.

11. Six Madrid factory workers were seat to jail yesterday for taking part in street demonstrations a year ago. J. Santiago was sentenced to one year's jail, and five other men, to six month on charges of having demonstrated illegally.

12. The 585 draft resisters arrested during the week of demonstrations at the Whitehall Induction Center went on trial last week at the Criminal Court. They are charged with disorderly conduct and/or resisting arrest.

13. In the closing days of the last session of Congress, the discredited Subversive Activities Control Board was given a new lease on life and a blank check to expose for enclosure's sake and establish “a Register” of "Communist Action members, Communist Front and Infiltrated organizations".

14. Persons offending against the law are summoned before a court of law. The summons issued by a court states the charges moved against the offender by the persons suing him. When a defendant is brought before a court the charge is read out to him and he is asked whether he pleads guilty or not guilty. If he pleads guilty, he is sentenced by the court. If he pleads not guilty,.a jury of 12 persons must be formed and summoned to attend the court. When the jurors are sworn the trial proceeds.

15. The decision was expected to result in the dismissal of all charges against the Davises.

16. Most 10-year-old children are incapable understanding and waiving their own rights, much less those of their parents.

17. Some civil libertarians had compared the prosecution to the way Hitler enticed Germany's children to snitch on their parents by offering them rewards.

18. In oral arguments before the court, Atlanta lawyer Jay Boulding, who represented the Davises, had asked the justices to draw a bright line to make it clear that anyone under age 13 is not mature enough to consent to a search of his or someone else's property. The court, however, refused to go that far.

19. Prosecutors, who did not appear to argue the case, have not ruled out an appeal to the US Supreme Court when asked for comment, Douglas County District Attorney David McDaue responded:"Did they suggest what a 10-year-old should do when he finds drugs in his parents’ possession? I'm at a loss to give kids advice in the future."

20. They just wanted our family to snitch at each other and send each other to jail.

21. A juvenile court judge ruled that Darrin was not old enough to understand what he had done.

22. Guarino 71 was removed from the bench in November by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for persistently punishing those who he felt were trying to get out of jury duty.

23. After getting the news, Guarino recessed a criminal trial and left the court house, reportedly in a state of shock. The judge could not be reached for comment.

24. Jeffrey Levy was punished last January for telling the judge he couldn't sit on a jury hearing a drug case because he is opposed to the criminalization of drugs.

25. Presser said there are ways for a judge to discipline prospective jurors who may be lying without violating their constitutional rights.

26. The duty of the US, attorney general is to seek justice without fear or favor.

27. To crack down on this hardened core of violent criminals you should draw a line leap in the sand.

28. Prosecution of white-collar crime and public corruption is important not only to punish illegal action, but also to send a powerful message to the public and potential law-breakers.

*Упражнение 2

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1. Since late summer, the business press has been full of stories about hard times hitting law firms.

2. Big firms nationwide held down increases in starting salaries for new lawyers.

3. For Mark Peterson, an unemployed grocery clerk convicted for having sex with a woman suffering from multiple personalities disorder (MPD), the publicity has faded.

4. Now the spotlight has turned to the man who prosecuted him.

5. Paulus had joined Peterson’s attorney Mary, in asking Hawley to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial.

5. Both newspapers independently decided that they had to break their promise of confidentiality, and did so. The day the story ran, naming Cohen as its source, Cohen was fired from his job.

6. The duty of the U.S. attorney general is to seek justice without fear or favor.

7. The goal was to bring in challenging work.

8. Prosecution of white-collar crime and corruption is important not only to punish illegal action, but also to send a powerful message to the public and potential law-breakers.

9. If justice is to be done and be perceived to be done, it is essential that all who are touched by the functions you will supervise are certain that the rules to which they are subject are rules to all that apply.

2. Our law used to recognize litigation as a destructive thing and make people think twice about using it, except as a last resort.

3. The decision was expected to result in the dismissal of all charges against the Davises.

4. A committee appointed by the state bar president recommended changes in December that respond directly to weaknesses identified in the Murray and Arthur cases.

5. The bar committee, chaired by Richmond attorney W. Horsley also called for a «searching investigation» of the charges that some lawyers had failed to report Murray’s misconduct as required by ethics rules.

6. Virginia State Bar President William R.Rakes says he has been giving speeches to emphasize the obligation.

7. The changes being considered in Virginia are in line with recommendations contained in a comprehensive report adopted by the ABA’s House of Delegates in February 1992. Discipline reform, however, is likely to come slowly, state by state.

8. Lightning may not strike twice in the same place, but last year Virginia’s legal community was shocked twice by multimillion - dollar.