VIII. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

1. served; 2. trying; 3. cases; 4. claiming; 5. punished; 6. provide; 7. staff; 8. appeals (n); 9. guilty; 10. trouble-free; 11. judgment; 12. presenting; 13. sentences (n); 14. criminal; 15. convicted; 16. laws; 17. legal; 18. safe (a); 19. wrongfully; 20. prison; 21. claim (n); 22. obeyed; 23. treated.

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1. The judges who are _________ cases and the barristers who are _________ them are still wearing robes.

2. The court _________ - clerks and ushers - perform their duties very discreetly.

3. There are cases where ordinary people are _________ that they have been unfairly ________ by the state.

4. The Court heard an appeal by men who had already ________ long ________ of imprisonment for terrorist offences.

5. These people who allege that they were _________ arrested by the police are bringing a _________ against them.

6. The judges of the Court of Appeal hear _________ in criminal and civil _________, where the ________ of the first court trying the case has not been accepted.

7. ________ courts judge whether people are ________ of crime; if so, how they should be ________.

8. These men have been wrongfully ________ and have spent years in ________ before being released.

9. Any society has a duty to provide its citizens with _______ which, if ________, will provide them with a reasonably ________ and _________ environment.

10. The ________ system does not and cannot always ________ justice, whatever that may mean.

IX. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions from the box.

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of (5); on; in (6); throughout; by; from (4); to (4); for (2); against; at; through; at; with; despite.

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1. The judges are hearing an appeal _____ a man convicted _____ murder.

2. ____ all the difficulties _____ doing justice, it is possible to give citizens, who have been harmed ____ the fault of others, and those who are accused ____ causing that harm, the feeling that we are concerned ____ their misfortunes.

3. These are called the rules of natural justice: an open hearing, an impartial court, giving each side an equal chance to state its case and to call evidence ____ support ____ it before coming ____ a reasoned decision.

4. May I respectfully draw the court’s attention ____ the fact that these men’s convictions were unsafe and the scientific evidence given ____ their trial was unreliable.

5. A woman is freed ____ a sentence ____ life imprisonment ____ killing her husband.

6. Family courts consider the welfare of children, who have the simple need to be protected ____cruel treatment, or ____ the effects ____ the breakup of their parents’ marriage.

7. A judge is hearing the claim ____ a widow who is asking ____ compensation ____ her late husband’s employers, following his death ____ a factory accident.

8. The parents of the Siamese twins object ____ the operation ____ religious and moral grounds.

9. The courts ____ the RCJ are only a small fraction of the many courts elsewhere ____ London and ____ the country, serving the needs of the communities ____ their areas.

10. There is always a healthy pressure ____ many different groups and individuals to advance and improve the laws and to adapt them ____ the needs of society.