How Erica put drug dealer behind bars

Drug dealer Anthony Dorrington has been __________________ after he was trapped by a police operation code-named ‘Erica’.

Throughout the summer weeks of last year police officers from Hertz mounted a secret surveillance operation on Dorrington’s flat.

Dorrington, 35, and flatmate Neil Hornsby, 27, were both arrested after officers found unknown substances, syringes and needles.

It turned out the pair had been dealing in heroin.

VIII. Discuss the following questions in a group.

Do you think the decisions were fair?

Was anyone treated unduly harshly or leniently?

Did the sentences reflect a proper order of priorities; that is, was the most serious crime punished most severely?

IX. Explain the italicized grammar constructions in the following sentences.

1. The appeals process is set up to help ensure that people have as fair a trial as possible.

2. Its main instru­ment is the Supreme Court, which watches over the other two branches.

3. Congress has the power to fix the number of judges sitting on the Court, but it cannot change the powers given to the Supreme Court by the Constitution itself.

4. Once approved, they hold office as Supreme Court Justices for life.

5. The Supreme Court has direct jurisdiction in only two kinds of cases: those involving foreign diplomats and those in which a state is a party.