Word Selection
Three Strikes Law Failure
1
Last week a man broke into Mrs. Perry's house and stole her jewelry, a silver cup, and $300 in cash. The man was arrested and charged with ____________ after a neighbor saw him and called the police.
theft
felony
burglary
conviction
2
The neighbor ______________________ she saw the man break a window and go into the house. Fifteen minutes later she saw him leave though the same window carrying a bag.
found
claimed
focused
agreed
3
Leandro Andrade is a(n) ___________________ at Tehachapi prison in California. Under the state's Three Strikes law, he is serving two life sentences for crimes going back to 1983.
prosecutor
judge
inmate
burglar
4
A college in England uses trained German Shepherd dogs to guard the campus at night. They are the best __________________ to crime in the world, said the university's president.
felony
conviction
prosecutor
deterrent
5
Jeremy Hogarth was robbed on the street at the age of 16. He never forgot the experience and years later, decided to go to law school and become a(n) _____________________.
burglar
felon
prosecutor
inmate