Choose the correct variant (a, b or c) of a question suitable to the answers that follow

1. It’s a fine

a) What is the most common punishment in criminal cases?

b) What is the most common punishment in civil cases?

c) What is the most unusual punishment in civil cases?

2. When the offense is not serious or the offender has committed the crime for the first time.

a) In what cases are fines imposed for criminal offenses?

b) When is imprisonment used as a punishment?

c) Why do courts sentence offenders to corporal punishment?

It requires the offender to do a certain amount of unpaid work.

a) What is the aim of a community service as a punishment?

b) What does such punishment as a fine require from an offender?

c) Is community service still available in some countries?

A suspended sentence and a new one will be imposed on him.

a) What punishment will a court impose for a civil offence?

b) What will happen if a person re-offends being under a suspended sentence?

c) What happens if a person commits a murder?

Because it is felt that deprivation of liberty is punishment in itself.

a) Why are living conditions in prisons in some countries are disgusting?

b) Why are private companies in Britain and the USA allowed to open prisons?

c) Why do some countries provide fairly good living conditions for prisoners?