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prepared to give reasons at the end. Note that only six out of nine prisoners
can be released from jail.
To preserve the prisoner’s identity from the press, names have been
withheld. Here is the list of prisoners.
Number 1
is 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 serving a five-
year sentence.
Number 2
is a 55-year-old engineer. He was charged with manslaughter after he
hit and killed a child while driving drunk. He has no previous criminal record. He is
serving a ten-year sentence.
Number 3
is a 30-year-old mother of two. 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 strict in this country. She is serving a five-
year sentence.
Number 4
is a 24-year-old student and activist. He was arrested during an anti-
globalisation protest and charged with terrorism. He is a leader of a non-violent
social movement and did not participate directly in any violent acts during his
protests. He is serving a three-year sentence.
Number 5
is a 40-year-old businessman. He was charged with fraud when police
discovered that he had stolen over $2 million from his company using a false
system of accounting. He is serving a ten-year sentence.
Number 6
is 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 7
is 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.
Number 8
is a landlord. He was arrested for keeping a block of flats in very dirty,
and some cases dangerous conditions. He was also renting the apartments to
illegal immigrants and charging a lot of money for them. He is serving a seven-
year sentence.
Number 9
is a politician. She was a leading member of the Ultra political party, an
extreme group who believed that criminals should be executed and immigrants
expelled from the country. The Ultra party is very weak now. She was arrested for
stealing party funds and is serving a ten year jail sentence.
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