NA1 - WEEK 13
CRIME and PUNISHMENT
Part II
EOI DE FERROL
MAX SANDOVAL
CONTACT
SANDOVAL.MAX@GMAIL.COM
WEEKLY ACTIVITY
> Words and definitions
> Activity - Happy New Year
> Activity - Crime and Punishment
WORDS AND DEFINITIONS
> Assault - v. the threat or attempt to strike another, whether successful or not, provided the target is aware of the danger.
> Manslaughter - n. the unlawful killing of another person without premeditation or so-called "malice aforethought" (an evil intent prior to the killing).
NEW YEAR - ACTIVITY
> Discuss your holidays.
> Use proper tense (past)
> Use proper vocabulary (Advance - Level 1)
> Tell a story - incorporate previous activies
CaP - ACTIVITY
> Group of 3-4 people
> You are members of a jury.
> You will discuss the case of 6 criminals.
> All 6 of the criminals said that they committed the crimes.
> You can punish a person with a warning, a fine, jail, the death penalty, or a combination of these. The maximum punishments for the following crimes are:
Assault: 5 years Rape: 7 years
Theft: 3 years Breaking and entering: 3 years
Drunk driving: 6 months Manslaughter: 4 years
Murder: life imprisonment or the death penalty.
Charles Mercer,
age 80, retired.
Charge: Murder
Case description: Mercer and his wife, Sara, had been married for 52 years. Sara got cancer in 2012 and was dying. She had been in the hospital for 8 months and was kept alive by a respiratory. On February 3, Charles Mercer went to the hospital and shot his wife. He says: "I loved her so much I couldn't watch her suffer anymore."
Ruth Tipton, age 73, retired
Crime: Drunk driving, manslaughter
Case description: Mrs Tipton is an alcoholic. She was in the hospital a long time because of this. In the past 10 years police have arrested her four time for drunk driving. On July 10, Mrs Tipton was driving home from an afternoon party: she was drunk. She hit a 3-year-old girl on a tricycle. The girl died. Mrs. Tipton says: "I'm sorry; I promise to pay the little girl's parents some money every month.
I will never drink again!"
George Raveling, age 18, high school dropout
Crime: Theft [ shoplifting ]
Case description: On July 28, Raveling went to a grocery store with two of his friends. While there, he put 13 bars of chocolate in his pocket and tried to leave without paying. The manager caught him. He says: "I'm really sorry. I didn't know I had to pay for the chocolate."
Paul Jones, age 35, unemployed, married, [ two children ]
Crime: Breaking and entering; theft
Case description: Mr. Jones lost his job at a wood factory two years ago. His wife is also unemployed. On the night of December 22, Mr. Jones stole two bicycles from the Ford Bicycle Shop. No one was in the store at the time of the robbery. Police caught him and found the bicycles the next day. Mr. Jones says: "I only wanted to give my kids something for Christmas."
Jimmy Jackson, age 24, taxicab driver
Crime: Assault: rape
Case description: On the evening of January 1, Mr. Jackson and his girlfriend had a big argument. Later on the way home, he went to a bar and got drunk. He saw two university girls [ ages 18 and 19 ] alone in the bar, and he followed them out to their car at about 1am.
There, he beat them
both, and raped them.
Mr. Jackson says:
"The fight with my
girlfriend and the
alcohol made me
crazy. I am sorry. "
Susan Smith, age 43, secretary, widow [ four children ]
Crime: Murder Case description: In the last 7 years, Mrs Smith has called the police eight times. Each time, she told police her husband was hitting her. In fact, she went to hospital with serious injuries four times last year. On March 6, police received a call from Mrs. Smith's neighbor. They went to the Smith's house. They found Mrs. Smith with a gun in her hand. Mr. Smith was on the floor dead. Mrs Smith says, "I'm not sorry I shot my husband. I thought he wanted to kill me."
References:
Esl-resources.com (n.d.). Retrieved from:
http://www.esl-resources.com/cool_topics/01_punishment/01_punishment.htm
Free-dictionary.com (n.d.). Retrieved from:
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Manslaughter