Vocabulary: Law and justice p. 60

Match the words and phrases to their meanings. Write the correct letters (A-F) in the gaps.
1 proof ________
2 be acquitted ________
3 alibi ________
4 be convicted ________
5 prosecutor ________
6 life prison sentence ________

A a lawyer in a court who tries to prove that someone is guilty of a crime
B a statement that someone was in another place when a crime happened
C confirmation that something is true
D be found not guilty of a crime
E be found guilty of a crime
F a punishment for a crime that puts the accused in jail for the rest of his life

Complete the blog post with the correct words and phrases from STEP 1.

Trials that made history
Hey guys! Welcome to my weekly blog. Today, I want to talk to you about some interesting facts I learnt while doing my research on law and justice since the Magna Carta. I had no idea that there were so many trials that made history! I have singled out two that struck me as important.
The first was a long time ago, in 1935, when a 21-year-old farmer shot his wife while he was handling his shotgun. He claimed he hadn't wanted to hurt her and that the gun went off by mistake. The judge affirmed that it was the defendant's responsibility to provide ________ of his innocence. The farmer had no ________ and was found guilty. Three days before he was hanged, the House of Lords ruled that defendants should be considered innocent until found guilty, and the young farmer ________.
The second is more recent: it dates to 2007. A Scottish man was found innocent of killing two young girls in Edinburgh. The ________ hadn't provided the jury with enough evidence. When new evidence was found, the Scottish law stated that the suspect could not be tried twice for the same crime. Then a new law was passed in 2011 which allowed this if there was 'compelling new evidence'. There was a new trial in 2014 and the suspect ________ and given a ________.
Interesting, right? If you know of any other famous trials, write away!