Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult

Discharges without conviction in Aotearoa - discuss

The court ruled a white teen who stabbed a classmate to death will face the jury as a 300-pound black man.

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White girl to be tried as black man

1. What crime is the young woman accused of?

2. What does the judge tell the jury to imagine?

3. What do her parents think about this?

4. Who will her 'character witness' be?

Does discrimination in the justice system occur in your country?

What causes it?

Do you have trial by jury in your country? What problems arise from this system?

Are judges less likely to discriminate than ordinary citizens?

What can be done to avoid unconscious or institutionalized discrimination?





Listen again and number these legal terms in the order they are used:

to find
fitting
defendant
henceforth
retroactively charged
assault
arresting officer
arraignment
harsh sentence
to be tried / to try
courtroom
character witness
to appeal a ruling
accused
jury member











Check:

1. accused
2. arraignment
3. harsh sentence
4. to be tried / to try
5. to find
6. fitting
7. defendant
8. henceforth
9. courtroom
10. jury member
11. retroactively charged
12. assault
13. arresting officer
14. character witness
15. to appeal a ruling



Listen again and check the past participle verbs in these examples of passive voice (to be + pp).


1. "She will be (pp)________ as a black adult"
2. "Henceforth you will be (pp)______ to by the Jury by the name Mendel Brown
3. Jury members will be (pp)___________ to imagine her as such
4. Now that Hannah has been (pp)_______ black, the court has instructed local media to assume she's guilty
5. Hanna's two-dozen character witnesses have been (pp)________ by a single crack addict who goes by the name of Scags.
6. ...saying their daughter should at most be (pp)______ as a black celebrity