Defend or attack GF, V or a member of Anonymous
You have to prepare a speech for a lawsuit against GF, V or Anonymousprosecuting or defending an alleged criminal.
- Guy Fawkes (GF),
- V in V for vendetta,
- A member of Anonymous
- Protesters in the Mask Mass Protest
You can be the prosecutor or the defense barrister. So prepare your speech : facts, evidence, verdict.
Watch the procedures in a lawsuit
Watch videos on Anonymous’ protests and Mass Mask Demonstrations.
Help – vocabulary on crime and lawsuit
An offence : un délit
A second offence : une récidive
A breach of the peace : un délit contre l’ordre public.
Vagrancy : vagabondage
A theft/ a robbery : un vol
A burglary : cambriolage
Smuggling : la contrebande
Blackmail : le chantage
Assault and battery : coups et blessures
A murder : un meurtre
An arson: crime d’incendie volontaire
No case to answer : un non-lieu
No ground for prosecution : un non-lieu
Help verbs
Charge someone with = accuse someone of
Take the oath = swear
Testify = give evidence
Examine = question
Cross-examine : procéder à une interrogation contradictoire
Admit = confess
To plead : plaider
Discharge = Acquit
Sentence to = Condemn to
Be fined : être condamné à une amende
Pardon = reprieve
Execute : kill, hang, burn
Offer bail : demander une mise en liberté provisoire
Let someone out on bail : mettre quelqu’un en liberté provisoire.
Produce an alibi
Make a clean breast of it : tout avouer
Return a verdict : rapporter un verdict
Give a five year suspended sentence : peine de 5 ans avec sursis
