Criminal justice

CRIMINAL JUSTICE ¹ (AB5)

1. Persons and Institutions
   • bailiff, court usher
   • court, the European Court of Justice, courtroom
   • defense attorney
   • judge
   • lawyer
   • prosecuter
   • system of criminal justice
   • the accused
   • trial
   • witness
   • witness stand
2. Expressing views about crime and punishment
   • it’s about time to bring the criminals to justice
   • miscarriage of justice
   • mitigating circumstances
   • xy committed a minor offence
   • xy faces trial on the basis of unreliable evidence or trumped-up charges
   • xy is not fit to stand trial
   • xy serves out his sentence
   • xy will be put on trial
   • xy will be released someone early for good behaviour
   • xy will not escape punishment
   • xy will receive custodial sentence
3. Courts and trials
   • a key witness gave evidence
   • the accused denies all knowledge of…the accused was remanded in custody
   • the trial was adjourned until…
   • the verdict was overturned in the Court of Appeal
   • xy contests the verdict
   • xy did not appear in court
   • xy felt that justice had been served.
   • xy is an unreliable witness
   • xy was awarded damages
   • xy was convicted to…, conviction
   • xy was sentenced to prison for xy years

TYPICAL FEATURES of TRAILERS:

• short
  
• emotionally gripping opening scene
  
• short clips with one-liners that introduce characters, the setting and the plot (the main theme) and
• stablish the genre
  
• fast paced: short shots and quick cuts
  
• problems are touched upon, questions are raised
  
• voice(s) from the off (voiceover)
  
• intertitles (explaining the main theme)
  
• emotional music
  
• various sound effects
  
• a cliffhanger (an exciting situation at the end) that raises many questions as well as makes a lasting impression
  
• additional information: name of the movie/director/protagonists etc., rating card, on-screen text that shows quotes from film reviews, official website, coming…,

¹ Mainly based on O’Dell, Felicity and Michael McCarthy: English Collocation in Use. Cambridge (CUP) 2008.

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