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Task IV. Answer the following questions on the text.
1. What type of crime is described in the article?
2. What country did the story happen in?
3. Who was under trial?
4. What crime was he charged with?
5. What happened during the trial?
6. How did Marianna happen to have a pistol in her bag?
7. Was Marianna found guilty of murder?
8. What was the punishment for her offence?
9. What do you think of the punishment?
10. Would you have given the same punishment if you had been the judge in that trial?
Task V. Read the following text and provide the title for it. Use the suggested titles in the box.
| Murder Suicide Homicide |
Bernard Lewis, a thirty-six-old man, while preparing dinner became involved in an argument with his drunken wife. In a fit of a rage Lewis, using the kitchen knife with which he had been preparing the meal, stabbed and killed his wife. He immediately called for assistance, and readily confessed when the first patrolman appeared on the scene with the ambulance attendant. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The probation department's investigation indicated that Lewis was a rigid individual who never drank, worked regularly, and had no previous criminal record. His thirty-year-old wife, and mother of three children, was a "fine girl" when sober but was frequently drunk and on a number of occasions when intoxicated had left their small children unattended. After due consideration of the background of the offence and especially of the plight () of the three motherless youngsters, the judge placed Lewis on probation so that he could work, support, and take care of the children. On probation Lewis adjusted well, worked regularly, appeared to be devoted to the children, and a few years later was discharged as "improved" from probation.
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Task VII. Answer the following questions on the text.
1. What type of crime is described in the article?
2. Who is the offender?
3. How did the crime happen?
4. Mr. Lewis ran away after committing a crime, didn't he?
5. How did he behave when the police arrived?
6. How is Mr. Lewis characterized?
7. What can you tell about his wife?
8. What was the court sentence for this crime?
9. How did Mr. Lewis serve his sentence?
10. What do you think of the punishment?
11. Would you have given the same sentence if you had been the judge of that trial?
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| WE DISCUSS |
Task I. Answer the following comprehension questions.
1. How are the crimes classified?
2. Name the offences against the person?
3. What is a definition of homicide?
4. What are the kinds of homicide?
5. What is the difference between murder and manslaughter?
6. What is a definition of malice aforethought?
7. Is suicide a crime?
9. Is aiding the suicide of another person a crime?
10. What is infanticide?
11. What is the definition of an assault?
12. How is rape defined?
13. What other crimes against the person do you know?
14. Name the offences against the property.
15. What is a definition of theft?
16. What is a definition of robbery?
17. What are the main elements of burglary?
Task II. Explain the difference between the following:
1. Manslaughter/murder.
2. Suicide/infanticide.
3. Offences against the person/offences against property.
4. Assassination/terrorism.
5. Bodily harm/grievous bodily harm.
6. Suicide/attempted suicide.
| WE WRITE |
Task I. Write a summary of the text Classification of offences.
