Закон в силе - Law Booster I. Дроботенко Ю.Б - 48 стр.

                                                                                 2. Read the article and make its presentation (follow the steps of crime
3. Complete the table.                                                              report presentation and use necessary linking devices).
       What crimes are mentioned in the article? What categories can they              Vocabulary note:
be referred to (“treason”, “felonies” or “misdemeanors”)? What punishment              lynch mob = angry attitude towards someone who has done some-
would you give for such crimes? (see Unit II, section “Ask the lawyer”)                             thing bad or wrong
    Category; type of crime     Punishment      Prove your viewpoint                     Carr stays in jail as critics attack lynch mob justice
               …                     …                      …                            Alan Travis, home affairs editor
                                                                                         (The Guardian)
                                                                                         The Home Office was accused of "opening the door to trial by tab-
                                                                                 loid" yesterday after it rejected the application of Maxine Carr, the former
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                                                                                 girlfriend of the Soham killer Ian Huntley, for early release. She will not be
                           ASK THE LAWYER                                        given a second chance to apply and will remain in Holloway prison until
                                                                                 May at the earliest before being released to an address where she can be pro-
QUESTION: Are there any alternatives to imprisonment?
                                                                                 tected from vigilante attacks.
ANSWER: The electronic monitoring system or home detention curfew
                                                                                         Martin Narey, chief executive of the new National Offender Manage-
appears to be an alternative to imprisonment and serves to alleviate both
prison overcrowding and the financial burden of incarceration. The elec-         ment Service, said he took the decision because of the risk to her safety if she
                                                                                 returned to live in Grimsby. He said that, in view of "the huge adverse public-
tronic monitoring system generally requires the offender to wear an elec-
                                                                                 ity" her possible release had already attracted, it would undermine public con-
tronic bracelet around his or her ankle or wrist. The monitoring is usually of
                                                                                 fidence in the early release scheme if she left prison so soon after the trial.
two types: passive or active. The passive form provides for random tele-
phone monitoring by authorities in order to confirm that it is the specific              Carr, 26, was sentenced in December to three and a half years for
                                                                                 conspiring to pervert the course of justice after her boyfriend Ian Huntley
offender who is present and responding. In contrast, an active system pro-
                                                                                 had murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. She has been in prison
vides continuous information as to whether an individual is within the range,
                                                                                 since August 2003, and became eligible for early release in January on the
generally 150 to 200 feet, of a transmitter located within their residence.
This is commonly referred to as continuous monitoring.                           recommendation of her prison governor. But the prisons minister, Paul Gog-
                                                                                 gins, announced that the rules were being changed so that high-profile cases
                                                                                 could be referred to Mr. Narey for a final decision.
1. Express you opinion following the general tips for discussion. Gen-
                                                                                         The governor of Holloway, Ed Willets, approved her request to be re-
   eral tips for discussion:
                                                                                 leased with an electronic tag on the home detention curfew (HDC) scheme.
    Ö What is your opinion about electronic monitoring system? Do you            But Mr. Narey overturned the decision yesterday.
      find the early release scheme an effective way of criminals rehabili-              "Although not charged with murder, your offence was considered so
      tation and prison overcrowding resolution? Is such a measure rele-         closely related to the events surrounding the murder of the two girls and the
      vant to all criminals?                                                     police investigation that followed that you were tried jointly with Ian Hunt-
    Ö Should public opinion be taken into account in case it is necessary        ley," he said in his letter to Carr. "Your conviction for conspiring with Ian
      to decide whether to allow a prisoner to be earlier released or not?       Huntley to pervert the course of justice connects you indelibly with this case
    Ö What punishment would you give for a person who covered the                and with the public outcry that has accompanied it. For this reason the possi-
      murderer?                                                                  bility of your early release on HDC has attracted, and continues to attract,
    Ö What circumstances can it depend on?                                       huge adverse publicity. I have therefore concluded that for the above reasons

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