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Joe Saco Journalism The Hague

The first chapter "The Hague - The War Crimes Trial" of Joe Saco's book Journalism includes criminal law court vocabulary.  I read the chapter with my student A. to find new vocabulary to practice.

atrocity
atrocious
gavel
dock
prosecutor
indict
try
deter
accused

Heavy fines and daily coast guard boats __________ ships from dumping in the Bosphorus.
The courts publicly __________ ship captains for illegal dumping.
The court __________ a captain for dumping.
During the trial the captain sits in the __________.
The captain is the __________.
His lawyer is the __________.
The lawyer who argues the captain is gulity is the __________.
The judge bangs a __________.
Environmental crimes are __________because they pollute the water, harming life and human health.