Задание

Read and translate the underlined words.

Capital punishment is punishment by death. Techniques include the electric chair, the gas chamber, hanging and lethal injection.

Some people believe that capital punishment acts as a deterrent. This means they think it stops people committing murder.

The serial killer was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The police think I committed the burglary! I’m going to have to get a solicitor.

She was arrested on suspicion of fraud, and later was officially charged with the crime.

The court case lasted for three months before the jury found him guilty.

The jury found him not guilty, but nobody really thinks he is innocent.

The High Commissioner stated that one alarming concern was a growing public perception that juvenile delinquency was increasing.

There is lots of evidence that he did it –his fingerprints were all over the gun, for example.

Having served 15 years in prison, Mason is to be released next week.

сapital punishment

deterrent

life imprisonment

solicitor

charged with the crime

case

juvenile delinquency

guilty

evidence

released

смертная казнь

устрашающий (сдерживающий) фактор

пожизненное заключение

адвокат

обвинён в преступлении

дело (в суде)

подростковая преступность

виновный

улика

освобождённый