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HowmanyIntemet{elaiedcrlmescan you thlnk of?

Whichof theseare llkelyto re3ultIn the perpetrator'beingsentto pri3on?
' someonewhodoessomething harmful,illegsl,or dishonest

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conlemptof court defendant grlevousbodilyham (GBH) trial

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1. on6of a groupof 12ordinarymombersof thopublicwhojudg€a courtcas6

someonewho has been actused of a cfimo and is on trid

J. be crimeof notdoingwhata iudgein a courtof lawhasorderedyouto do

whehorsomeonels guiltyor Innocent

4. frteproc€ssof examinhga cas6In a clurt of lawanddecldlng

5. thecrimeofattackingsomeffevidentlyandcausingveryseriousiniuries

6. whena crimeis heardandiudgedIncourtagain

7. he actlonstaken,usuallyin court,to settea legalmafter

Ecquit allegation sppeal custodielsentenc€

oath susp€ndedsentence verdicl

d. to fomellv ask a court ot law lo chanae its decision

9 . a punishment
in whichsomeoneis sentto prison
1 0 . dme that someone wlll have to spend in prlson only lf hey commlt anoher cdme wihin a fixed period

1 1 .a formalpromise, onemadeIna coudof hw

especlally
wrongor illegaleventhoughhis hasnotbeenprovod
thatsomeonehasdonesomething
12. a statement

1 3 . a verb(usuatly
usedin he passiveform)tc stateofficially is notguiltyof thecrimehey were
hat someone
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Jurorjailedover online research 9 Judgesau hercounsel, ChadesParry,hadmade
jailedforsk
leclnerTleodonDailas
Uniwrsity a pl6ato thecourlto be mercifulandimposea
monthslot tusoardlingqiminal defedant wttilo suspended senlence. Rejeclingtheplea,Judge
saidtherewas no sjlficient basisfor sJspension.
servltuonjuy
Ou6n Bowcott 10 Hesaidothorjuforslfero obviously concsmed
23January2012 asjumrswere
lo ensur€thattheirresponsibililies
pmperly dbchaeed.ll alsodemonstrates thal
A brmeruni\rsrsity
leclut€rwho caniedoutonline th6yhadfulVunderstood the prohibitionagainsl
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asa iurorhasbeenjailedforsix monlhs. inleme4rapeatedlywasdirecllyconlrary to hsr
oathas I jumr.'
Theodora Dallas,34,whoteughtpsychologyat
thoUni\ersityof Bedfordshirc,
wasfoundguilty 11 Dellas,slreadysuspendedbylhe university,
has
ofcontemptof courtbythreehighcourtjudges. no./resignedherpostatlhe maincampusin
including
LordJudge,lhe LordChiefJustice. Lulon.Thecourthadproviouslyheardthatshe
rvasa womanof'goodcharadef,andlhatshe
Thocasehighlighls thegruryimpmblemcourts hadgaineda degr€einthe U( havirEanived
facain ensuringjuors do nolusethe inlernet
1o fromGreecsas a 19yearoH.
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casesin an orawhenlookingup hds
one @mpul6rseomsan increasingly 12 Ina heeringlastweelqshesail shehadbeen
natufalinstincl. checkinglha meaning of gl'.iewrcbodilyham
onlhe inl€mellhenaddedtheword'Luton'to
Dallas,whoconductod herrssearch al home, a seardrwhichproduced a newspaper reporl
wasa jurorinth6trialat LulonCrownCourtin mentioningthatMedlock hadpreviously faced
JUV2011.Shatoldmombers olthe iurywhat an allegation
of rape.ll showedheh8dbeen
shehadbund outaboutlhe debndant,Barry acquitlodoflhe chargsandincluded information
Medlodqwhowasontrialbr causinggrievous notdisclosed durjnghistrial.
bodilyharm.Thejudgehadto haltthe cas6aner
d'rsco\Ering
whathadoccuned,thoughMedlock to lhejudges,
13 In a writtenwitnessstatement
wesewnluallyrelrisl andfoundguilty. Dallasadmitted thatSometimesmygraspof
English is notthatgood'.
Dallaswillservethreemonthsandbe on licencg
forlheremainder oftheterm. 14 'l didnolunderslanC thatI couldmakenosearch
onlha inlemel.'Dallasexolained. 'l hadno
Contempl poceedingswerelaunched bythe intentional allof prejudicing
thejuryin anyway.
AttomeyGeneral,DominicGrieve.Thejudges I hadnointention ofdisobeying whatthejudge
retusedDallaspermission
to appealbntshecan said.I reallyapologizo.I n6\Erlhoughl itwouH
nonethelesseppvdirEcllylochallenge causesuchdisruolion.'
lhs decision.
15 Th6courlhead thatshehadsuffered deorsssion.
TheLod ChiefJusticssaidDallas,whowasin il omergedlhatDallashadcaniedoutinlernet
cou( forthehearing,heddeliberatetydisobeyed |asearch whilejuroc wereconsilering
thetrialjudge'sinstructions
notto search their\€rdicl.
theinlemalard add€d:Tha damageto the
adminittration
ofiustbois obMous.' 18 Judgeacknoillodged thatsuchcasesposeda
relatilelynoveldilemma br thecourls.'\ffeare
Sonlencing Dallas,hosail: 'Misus6ofthe lryinglo produce a simpleformulafor uso,'he
internetby a iuroris ahuaysa mostserbus said.Thb b a r€lativelynewarea.'
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haneda lrislwhir$wasnearcompletion ard asije underslandthe legaldiredionsgivenlo themby
fom thefinancialimplicatioRs,
heractionsresulbd judgeswhonthey.elireto consiisrlheirwrdids.
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courtandgi\e evidencebr a secordtirn€. 20 Jurorsdeemedto havemisbehaved areregularly
beinggivsncustodialsentences.ln December
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Answerthe questionsaccordingto ths Infom.ton in the articlo.

1. Theodora Dallaswas ontrialfor .-.

a. ... grisvousbodilyharm.
b. ... contemgtof court.
c. .., raog.

2 . MsDallasdidonlinoresearchintolh6 dafendant
...
... a1home.
D . ... at an intemetcaf6.
... in courlon hersmartphon8.

BarryMedlock wason trialfor ...

... grievousbodilyharm.
h
... conlemplof court.
... rapo.

1 . MsDallas wassenllo jailfor...

... lhr€emonths.
... sixmonths.
... threemonthswitha furlherthreemonthson licenceinlhe community.

Shesaidshehadcaniedoutthe researchb€cause..-
... shewantedto fnd outwhetherMedlock
hada crimlnalrecord.
o. -.. shswantedto lookupa legallerm-
... shecomesfromGreece.

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lrabh the verbson tlre left with tlre words on the right b makecollocationsfrom he arliclo.Discusstheir
meaningsand makeexamplosenlencesfor eachons.

1. tnd a. 0naJury
2. inwstigale b. ajury
3. challengs c. ofacharge
4. faco d. guilty
5. acquitted a. a decision
8. preiudice f. an allegation
7. halt g. rcsearch
8. givo h. evidenco
L conduct i. a lrial
10. consider J. C€SeS

11. servo k. 8 verdd

Completothe tablewith nounsand verbsrelatodto the u,ordEln the articlo.

nouns verbs nouns vsrDs

I trial 8. apologize
defendant o completion
3. app€al 10. disobey
4. acquitlal t1 allegation
occut 12. suspeno
6 research 13. invesligale
I implications 14. demonstrato

Doyou think that thejuror shouldhavebo€ns6nt b iail? Why?Why non

Wriloa letlsr to a newspapsror commenton an internstforumeithersupportingor opposingtho decision

b s6ndMs Dallasto jail.

Findout aboutthe Britishjury systemat

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