Criminal offenders
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SPEAKING: CRIMINAL OFFENDERS DATE:
Discuss with your partner and decide what would you do with these offenders if you were the judge?
Use the phases from the box below.
Hang on… | The problem is… | I really think… | Yes, but… |
To be completely honest… | The worst thing is | On the whole… | The point I’m trying to make is… |
Strangely enough | Eventually… | If you ask me… | Imagine… |
In fact… | The thing is… | Actually… | I see what you mean, but… |
Basically… | All in all… | In my opinion… | What I don’t understand is… |
NUMBER ONE. A 20-year-old student. He broke into the police’s computer system and tried to erase his previous criminal record (some parking tickets). He was also charged with fraud after police discovered he had hacked into a pizza company’s computer and ordered himself free pizzas for over a year, he is currently serving a five-year sentence.
NUMBER TWO. A 55-year-old engineer. He was charged with manslaughter after he ran over and killed a child while driving drunk, he has no previous criminal records. He is serving a ten-year sentence.
NUMBER THREE. A 30-year-old mother of two kids, she was charged with drug-dealing when police found half a kilogram of marijuana in her apartment, she says it was for personal use, but drug laws are very severe in this country. She is serving a five-year sentence.
NUMBER FOUR. A 24-year-old student and activist. He was arrested during an anti-globalization protest and charged with terrorism, he is a leader of a non-violent social movement and didn’t participate directly in any violent acts during his protest. He is serving a three-year sentence.
NUMBER FIVE. A 40-year-old businessman. He was charged with fraud when police discovered that he had stolen over € 20 million from his company using a false system of accounting. He is serving a ten-year sentence.
NUMBER SIX. An unemployed woman. She was arrested for stealing food from a supermarket. This was not the first time that she had stolen food, and she had been warned. She is serving an eight-year sentence.
NUMBER SEVEN. A prisoner of war. He was taken prisoner during the last war with the country’s neighbours six years ago. He was a marine and engineer and was responsible for bombing a small village in the mountains. He says he was following orders. The two countries are now at peace. He is serving a twenty-year sentence.
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