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Read the biographies of these two people and the crimes each one has commited. In groups, discuss the crimes and dicide on the sentence you would give if you were the judge.
Case 1
Biography: Karen Mitchel a 19 year-old-woman.
She is not very well-educated and has a boyfriend
Who seems to have a lot of money and travels
abroad a lot. She is very impressed with her
boyfriend, but she knows he has been to prison
twice before. Karen´s boyfriend asks her to go to
Turkey to bring back a suitcase he left there on his
last visit. He tells her it contains important papers
for his business and she can earn $ 5,000 for
collecting the suitcase. Karen thinks it is a little
strange that her boyfriend asks her to go, but she
goes without asking questions. She does not want
to ask too many questions because she wants the
money.
Crime: Drug smuggling – She smuggled $ ½ million
worth of heroine from Turkey in a suitcase. She was
caught at Heathrow Airport, London, as she returned,
but she said she did not know what was in the suitcase.
Sentences:
no sentence, but a warning not to do it again
a fine of $ _____________
_______ years commnuty service
_______ years in prison
Case 2
Biography: Mrs. Theresa Arlott has five children.
She is unemployed and her husband left her three
years ago. He is much better-off than she is, but he
does not give much money to her for the upbringing
of her children. Mrs Arlott would like to go on
holiday with her children but she has no money.
She spends all her money on food and clothes for
the family. Last week she committed a crime.
Crime: Shoplifting – she stole $ 100 worth of food
and clothes from a supermarket.
Read the biographies of these two people and the crimes each one has commited. In groups, discuss the crimes and dicide on the sentence you would give if you were the judge.
Case 1
Biography: Karen Mitchel a 19 year-old-woman.
She is not very well-educated and has a boyfriend
Who seems to have a lot of money and travels
abroad a lot. She is very impressed with her
boyfriend, but she knows he has been to prison
twice before. Karen´s boyfriend asks her to go to
Turkey to bring back a suitcase he left there on his
last visit. He tells her it contains important papers
for his business and she can earn $ 5,000 for
collecting the suitcase. Karen thinks it is a little
strange that her boyfriend asks her to go, but she
goes without asking questions. She does not want
to ask too many questions because she wants the
money.
Crime: Drug smuggling – She smuggled $ ½ million
worth of heroine from Turkey in a suitcase. She was
caught at Heathrow Airport, London, as she returned,
but she said she did not know what was in the suitcase.
Sentences:
no sentence, but a warning not to do it again
a fine of $ _____________
_______ years commnuty service
_______ years in prison
Case 2
Biography: Mrs. Theresa Arlott has five children.
She is unemployed and her husband left her three
years ago. He is much better-off than she is, but he
does not give much money to her for the upbringing
of her children. Mrs Arlott would like to go on
holiday with her children but she has no money.
She spends all her money on food and clothes for
the family. Last week she committed a crime.
Crime: Shoplifting – she stole $ 100 worth of food
and clothes from a supermarket.
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