Cover of the textbook Performer B1, Vol. 2

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6 - Presentation and practice 2 for the textbook Performer B1, Vol. 2 with authors Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella e Margaret Layton from Zanichelli

Question

Listen to a journalist talking about two famous trials and for each, identify the name of the criminal, the crime committed, the jury's verdict and / or the sentence.

Answer

Trial 1

  • name of the criminal → O. J. Simpson
  • the crime committed → murders; robbery and kidnapping
  • the jury's verdict → not guilty
  • the sentence → 33 years in prison and the possibility of parole after 9 years

Trial 2

  • name of the criminal → Bernard Lawrence Madoff
  • the crime committed → committed fraud thousand of investors in a criminal scheme
  • the jury's verdict → guilty
  • the sentence → 150 years in prison