English Vocabulary Exercises - Crime & the Law - Exercise 1-1

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. Police have _______________ a suspect in the murder of a local convenience store owner.
2. The police are looking for people who may have _______________ a traffic accident which occurred yesterday at Douglas and Yates.
3. He is the main _______________ in the murder of his wife.
4. He is on _______________ for the murder of his business partner.
5. The judge will hand down his _______________ tomorrow morning at 10:00.
6. David Milgard, Donald Marshall, and Guy-Paul Morin were three _______________ men who spent years in prison in Canada for murders they didn't commit.
7. The police decided not to _______________ because they didn't have enough evidence.
8. He was _______________ of the murder of his business partner, and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
9. During the trial, the woman _______________ that her husband was asleep in bed at the time the murder occurred.
10. He was _______________ to death for the murder of his wife and children.
11. The _______________ sentenced the murderer to life in prison.
12. In our court system, a person is presumed to be innocent unless _______________ is proven beyond all reasonable doubt.
13. The _______________ sat down and cried after the man hit her.
14. Police have _______________ him with theft after he was found in possession of a stolen car.