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10 Lawbreakıng

C. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the
verbs in brackets. Listening and Language Skills
A. Look at the pictures and discuss the questions.
A man 1 (free) from a life sentence
in jail for a murder he did not commit said he 1. Which places do you associate with gangs
would not hold any grudges. 2 and mafia?
(sentence) to life behind bars in 1991, 48-year- 2. Have you read any news stories about gangs
old Corey Atchison was finally released after and mafia recently?
serving 28 years in jail.

The fatal shooting of James Lane took place B. In pairs, match the words in the boxes with the
during a robbery in 1990. 3 (Be) in
the area with friends at the time, Corey Atchison pictures.
was later arrested and tried for Lane’s murder. gangster member mafia don bloodbath
At the trial, Atchison asserted that he was
innocent, but his conviction was upheld until smuggling trafficking slum
recently when, 4 (investigate) the
case, District Judge Sharon Holmes found that
his conviction was a “fundamental miscarriage
of justice.”
The unfair ruling was discovered by private
investigator Eric Cullen. 5
(Recently / testify) in hearings to overturn the
wrongful conviction of Atchison’s younger
brother, Cullen began looking into the events
that led to the older brother’s conviction.
6 (Study) transcripts, Cullen found a. b.
that a witness had admitted to lying in the trial,
7 (bully) into doing so by
prosecutors. Despite this admission, the judge
had allowed the case to proceed. Judge
Holmes now believes that multiple witnesses
8 (use) in the trial were coerced
into implicating Atchison.
Tim Harris, the district attorney during Atchison’s
prosecution, disagrees with the ruling and
denies claims of misconduct during the trial, c. d.
9 (call) claims of witness coercion
“absurd.”
10 (Speak) to television cameras
as he stood with his grandson, Mr Atchison
said: “I can’t hold no grudge, life’s too short.”

D. Complete the sentences using your own ideas.
1. Walking ,
. e. f.
2. Having worked ,
.
3. Well-known for ,
.
4. Having been told ,
.

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