The infinitive after nouns

6. Translate into English.

1. У меня нет времени навестить ее сегодня. 2. Он не такой человек, чтобы волноваться о пустяках. 3. У вас друзья, которые могли бы помочь? 4. У нее есть ребенок, за которым она должна присматривать. 5. Мари всегда найдет над чем посмеяться. 6. Вот человек, с которым можно поговорить на эту тему. 7. Я был удивлен его отказом поехать с нами. 8. Не о чем было беспокоится. Больной чувствовал себя лучше.

The indictment and the charges

Charges, indictment, counts

If someone formally accused of committing crimes, they are charged or indicted [ind’aitid] with these crimes.

An indictment [ind’aitment] may contain a number of counts or charges. Charges are brought or filed against people accused of doing something wrong, and they then have to face or answer the charges in court. They may agree that the charges are true and admit them, or they may say that they are not true and deny them.

1. In the first example above John Gotti faced murder, gambling and tax evasion charges, among others. What sort of charges might be brought against the people below? Match the charges to the criminals.

Types of crimes.

a) rape	c) assault	e) corruption	g) kidnapping	i) manslaughter
b) drug dealing	d) arson	f) murder	h) fraud	j) extortion

1 People accused of dealing in cocaine.

2 Someone who is responsible for accidental death of someone

3 Someone who makes a violent physical attack on someone

4 Dishonest officials who act illegally in their work

5 A businessman who dishonestly takes or uses money

6 Someone who violently forces someone to have sex with him

7 Someone who takes someone away by force and demands money for their release

8 Someone who intentionally kills someone

9 Someone who obtains money from someone by threatening violence

10 Someone who sets fire to buildings intentionally, perhaps because they like watching fires.

Conviction

convicted, conviction, pass sentence, fine, probation, imprisonment, jail, serve a prison, jail sentence, community service, be given probation, be put or placed on probation, suspended sentence, do time, convicts, inmates, parolees, on parole

Someone found guilty in a court is convicted of an offence. As a result, the person then has a conviction for that offence.

The judge then announces the penalty, or passes sentence. Depending on the seriousness of the offense, the defendant might be given one of those penalties:

a fine: the defendant is ordered to pay money to the authorities;

probation: the defendant is not sent to prison but must report to the authorities regularly and not break the law again;

imprisonment: being sent to prison or jail to serve a prison or jail sentence;

community service: organized work to help people in the community.

People who are sentenced to probation are given probation or put or placed on probation.

A suspended sentence is one which the defendant does not have to serve on condition that they do not commit another crime within a specified period.

Someone who serves a prison sentence does time: an informal expression. People in prison are convicts or inmates.

Prisoners who are released from prison before the end of their sentence are parolees: they are paroled, or released on parole.

If someone is sentenced to spend the rest of their life in prison, they are sentenced to life imprisonment, even if, in practice, they get out of prison before they die.

2. Does the sentence fit the crime? This article discusses typical sentences for three types of crimes in different places. Complete the table with details of crimes 2 and 3, including details of sentencing in places not mentioned in connection with the first crime.