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14. Answer the questions and do the given assignments.

  1. 1. What was Carl Lee Hailey charged with? Was he really a lawless man? 2. What do you know about the Ku-Klux-Klan? 3.What was the difference between the prosecutor and the attorney for defence? What strategies did they choose to win the case? Who appealed to you more? Why? 4. Did Carl Lee Hailey take the law into his hands being insane? 5. Why wouldn’t talking about rape be accepted as evidence during a murder trial? 6. What evidence was presented by Rufus Buckley in the court-room to prove that Carl Lee Hailey was guilty of murder? 7. Was the medical evidence of Jake Brigance, the attorney for defence, competent and irrefutable? Why could brining-in of Dr. W.T. Bass as a witness be fatal for the defence? 8. How can you characterize the rapists of Tonya Hailey? Did they deserve death for what they’d done with the child? 9. What was the verdict of the jury? Do you consider it just?10. What is the duty of the grand jury and what is the duty of the jury? What do you think is taken into consideration while choosing jury members?

b) 1. To what literary mode does this excerpt belong, e. g. the realistic novel, science fiction, fantasy, etc.? 2. Point out the sentences employed in the text to convey concise information compactly. 3. List the words from the passage which belong particularly to the vocabulary of a lawyer. 4. How would you describe the basic style of the passage, e. g. formal, colloquial, etc.? 5. Select some of the words or phrases which are slightly unexpected in the present context thus giving a personal character to the narration. 6. Point out details which add a dramatic flavour to the extract.

15. Explain what is meant by:

he talked like a priest in church; he clearly intended to enjoy every minute; Jake was winning the first argument without saying a word; he began with his biggest problem, Dr. W.T. Bass; with murder, the victim is gone; for the first time in two days he felt some hope; the jury find the defendant not guilty by reason of insanity.

16. Give a summary of the text.

17. Retell the text a) close to the text; b) as if you were one of the characters present in the court-room.

18. Act out the situations given below. Use the phrases and word combinations from the text:

1. Jake Brigance and his associate Ellenare discussing what strategy to choose to win the case of Carl Lee Hailey.

2. Jake Brigance is talking with his client Carl Lee Hailey who explains what has made him commit that double murder and asks to take up his case.

3. Rufus Buckley is being interviewed by a reporter and is boasting how easily he’ll prove Carl Lee Hailey’s guilt of the murder.

19. Read the quotation of Robert Kennedy. Write an essay of 200-250 words for or against this statement:

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.

VOCABULARY EXERCISES

1. Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into Ukrainian.

2. Study the essential vocabulary and fill in the omitted prepositions.

  1. He was accused … mugging. 2. The judge ruled … the objection of the prosecutor. 3. Why do always pick … me for any wrongdoing? 4. Would you like to serve … a jury? 5. You should perform your duties … the law. 6. He was charged … bigamy. 7. Don’t even try to find fault … me! 8. The defence counsel wanted to know when the case would come … trial. 9. Jaywalking is the breakdown … law. 10. He was found guilty … robbing the bank. 11. The new laws … speeding came into effect last month. 12. Why do you always object … my game plans? 13. If you continue to evade paying taxes you’ll be in trouble … the law. 14. Juvenile delinquents were indicted … vandalism and disorderly conduct. 15. They were … trial for rape. 16. He was arrested … anticorruption law. 17. The old lady was annoyed … her crying grandchildren. 18. He was fired … no fault of his own. 19. Anyway, he had the right to trial … jury. 20. I think your actions are … law. 21. She wanted to sleep and was annoyed … the noise outdoors.