Exercise 55. Translate the following word combinations into Russian and use them in the sentences below:

(422) to pass a sentence upon smb.

(423) to complete sentence

(424) to commute (to reduce, to vacate) a sentence

(425) to impose (to pronounce) a sentence

(426) to carry out (to execute) a sentence

(427) to serve one`s sentence

(428) to reverse (to recall) a sentence

(429) to sentence short

(430) to sentence to life

(431) to sentence to death

1. After looking through the supplementary legal documents committed to the court by the lawyer of the suspect the jury … . 2. Two years ago the convict … and was released out of the punitive institution. 3. The lawyer won the appeal and the higher court … of the lower court, so the prison term had become two years but five. 4. After hearing the case the jury … the suspect as the prosecutor had managed to prove his guilt. 5. The court … because the judge did not believe the convict regretted his having infringed the law. 6. The citizens were attentively watching the case and they wanted to know whether the judge would … for the suspect. 7. People were indignant that the criminal …, they had expected either longer prison punishment or even a life-sentence. 8. The court won`t … the criminal … as there is the moratorium on capital punishment. 9. The criminal … and journalists reported that he would spend all his life in prison.

Exercise 56. Translate the following word combinations into Russian and use them in the sentences below:

(432) to return (to reach, to attain) a verdict

(433) verdict of guilty

(434) verdict of non-guilty

(435) to agree upon a verdict

(436) wrong verdict

1. In the case of capital punishment the members of the jury have no right for a … . 2. The proofs of the defense were indirect as well as those of the prosecution, so the parties decided to … to save time on senseless wrangle. 3. Most of citizens think there is nothing to do after the judge …, still it is possible to make an appeal. 4. They were expecting a …, so they were surprised to lose the case. 5. The court`s … was accepted with gladness because no one had doubted his having committed the crime.

Exercise 57. Translate into English:

1. В газетах сообщалось о сбежавшем преступнике, граждан просили быть бдительными и обращаться в полицию, если они обладают какой-либо информацией о беглеце. 2. Жертвами преступной халатности гражданина Н. стали ни в чем не повинные люди. 3. Жертва ДТП заявила, что подаст в суд на взыскание ущерба, причиненного ей виновником аварии. 4. Адвокат просил суд смягчить приговор его подзащитному. 5. Приговор суда окончательный и обжалованию не подлежит. 6. Несколько лет назад, отбыв наказание, этот опасный преступник снова вышел на свободу. 7. Осужденный отбывал наказание за преступление, совершенное в состоянии алкогольного опьянения. 8. Суд зачитал приговор обвиняемым в ходе закрытого судебного заседания. 9. Обвиняемый в двух убийствах был приговорен к пожизненному заключению. 10. Суд отменил вынесенный приговор после того, как по поданной адвокатом подсудимого апелляции было принято положительное решение. 11. Суд высшей инстанции, рассмотрев поданную апелляцию и материалы дела, постановил, что ранее вынесенный вердикт ошибочен.

Exercise 58. Translate the following word combinations into Russian and use them in the sentences below:

(437) to seek conviction

(438) to suffer conviction

(439) conviction on a charge

(440) criminal conviction

1. The prosecuting attorney was … at court because he had no reasons to doubt in the suspect`s guilt. 2. … of some economic crimes can result in confiscating property of the criminals to the state. 3. The prosecuting attorney … of the murder suspect. 4. The suspect … after the sentence had been pronounced. 5. Journalists were reporting on the … of the well-known civil activist.

Exercise 59. Translate the following word combinations into Russian and use them in the sentences below:

(441) to rebut prosecution

(442) to undertake prosecution

(443) to face prosecution

(444) to deny prosecution

(445) to search prosecution

(446) prosecution of criminal

1. The leader of the organized criminal group was … and his victims were glad he would spend all his life in prison. 2. At the trial the suspect … and said he was indignant at the very fact of his name being mentioned in that case. 3. The suspect will have to … and prove his innocence or he will be sent to prison. 4. The police … as there were many proofs of the suspect`s guilt and the witnesses evidenced his having been at the crime scene. 5. The … will be continued unless the police catch him. 6. The relatives of the victim were going to … of the offender. 7. The court … as the judge did not consider the adduced document a ground sufficient for prosecution.