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b) Use the material of the text and answer the following questions:
1. What is the difference between a criminal case and a civil 
court case? 2. In what way does a legal procedure start in civil court 
cases? 3. What are the three components of the criminal justice sys-
tem in the USA? 4. How does a criminal case begin? 5. What options 
does the judge have in determining bail? 6. When is the grand jury 
called? 7. What does the option to plea-bargain mean? 8. Describe 
the stages of a criminal trial. 9. Specify the function of the jury in 

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court.10. Name some of offenses which you know? 11. What are the 
possible penalties in a criminal case? 12. What are the possible penal-
ties if a person is convicted of civil charges?
c) Prepare a presentation on the topic “Criminal versus Civil Charges in the 
USA”
6. Read the articles for obtaining the information and further reference
a) Compile a list of words and expressions dealing with crime. Translate them 
into Russian
MAN WHO TRIED TO ROB CLOSED BANK 
IN GERMANY JAILED
A man who tried to hold up a bank that had been closed for years 
has been jailed by a court in Germany.
The man tried to hold up the branch in the northwestern town of 
Walchum in May with a toy gun and robbed a passer-by.
But the branch moved years ago with only cash machines left. The 
building had been converted into a physiotherapist’s practice after 
the bank had moved out.
After first demanding a 10,000 euro ransom for the woman, the 
man forced her to withdraw 400 euros and fled.
The man escaped in a stolen car which he then abandoned, but he 
left the toy gun between the seats with his fingerprints on it.
The Bild newspaper branded the man “Germany’s stupidest bank 
robber”.
The court heard that the man had confessed to the crime and that 
he was a serial offender, having 22 previous convictions. His criminal 
past was taken into account in his sentencing, along with the fact that 
the woman he had robbed was still suffering health problems as a 
result, the court said.
The 57-year-old got a seven-year jail sentence for robbery.