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Vocabulary: Justice (sentences) - English lesson

In preceding lessons about The Police test, and Justice test, I had voluntarily stopped before the accused was sentenced, condemned, or released... declared guilty of an offence, or a crime,  or not guilty and released, on restricted conditions, or a free citizen.

Here, we'll study these possibilities... It is one aspect of our present society...  

A penitentiary	... behind bars...	A prisoner/ an inmate/ a convict
A prison cell	Solitary confinement	A prison warder/ wardress BR/                    a prison guard (US)

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-a-crime-an-offence-and-a-criminal-offence

To be hanged *: when dealing with the sentence to death, the verb "to hang" is regular both in the preterite and the past participle.  

Not every country in the world has abolished capital punishment. Yet, in several countries where it hasn't been, statistics show that it's used less and less often... 

For dangerous criminals, the alternative sentence  which is most often enforced is prison for life/ life sentence  with mandatory minimum sentences depending on the different countries.  Yet, overpopulation in prisons being what it is, this prison sentence is often reduced. Then, it's replaced by a fine, an electronic tag and a judicial supervision if the ex-convict is no longer dangerous for himself and for society. 

A fine	House arrest	Electronic tag

There will still be the difficult task of rehabilitation of the ex-convict in order to avoid recidivism. 

As for you, a much simpler task is expecting you: the following test which you're sure to pass with flying colours! 

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1. In this brand-new penitentiary, there’s a top-security wingsuspended sentencereduction of sentenceI don't know where the most dangerous criminals are detained.



2. As he will soon be released, the prisoner will be given an alternative sentencedetention centerconvictionI don't know to get ready for rehab.



3. In this prison, warderswardensinmatesI don't know can borrow books from a library and attend English and Maths lessons if they want to.



4. As it was his first offence, the young delinquent was given a capital punishmentsuspended sentencetop-security cellI don't know. Let’s hope he’ll have understood the lesson.



5. As Ray is a minor offender and the breadwinner of his family, he’ll soon be given a house arrestreduction of sentencecorporal punishmentI don't know and will resume his job as a mechanic.



6. Prisons are so overcrowded that minor offenders now wear scaffoldsgallowselectronic tagsI don't know, and report to the police every two weeks.



7. 'You shouldn’t park here... If you do, you’ll be firedfinedimprisoneddeportedI don't know and you might even lose your car.'



8. As he kept fighting with other prisoners, and had injured one of them, the inmate was sent to solitary confinementthe executionerthe scaffoldI don't know for two weeks.



9. 'Nobody was surprised when the murderer was condemned to prison for lifea mutinya fineI don't know. Everyone thought he had deserved it.'



10. In Great Britain, death penalty for murder charges was abolished in 1965. Before that date, murderers were hangedhad lethal injectionsa firing squadI don't know.