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 CRIME & PUNISHMENT

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Hood Samaritan mugs granny, 90 By JESSICA SIMEONE and LARRY CELONA Last Updated: 7:01 AM, May 14, 2012 Posted: 1:08 AM, May 14, 2012

Police are looking for a punk who posed as a good Samaritan before robbing an elderly woman in Chelsea, cops said yesterday. Marie Casimir, 90, was walking on West 16th Street near Sixth Avenue at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday when a man in his 20s offered to help her find the bus stop. He then suddenly shoved Casimir to the ground, yanked off her necklace and fled. The woman suffered minor injuries and was taken to Beth Israel Hospital, officials said. The mugger is believed to be 5-foot-11 and was last seen wearing a black and yellow jacket.
 * This guy’s no Boy Scout. **

A fire at Fenbury Warehouse is being treated as arson, according to a police spokesperson. The fire broke out at around 5 am and quickly engulfed the whole building. By the time the fire brigade arrived at the scene, almost the entire warehouse had been destroyed. The warehouse contained electronic parts, and insurers have estimated the damage to be in the region of three million pounds.
 * ARSON or AN ACCIDENT?[[image:imagessa.jpg width="192" height="164" align="right"]] **

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//**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Crime **// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Do you think crime is common in your country? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How you think crime rates have changed in the last 25 years? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Which countries have are seen as having high/low rates of crime?

//**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Punishment **// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What kinds of penalties does the law have for criminals? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Do you think criminals are punished strongly enough? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What do you think of community service as a punishment for crime?

//**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In Addition **// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Have you ever been a victim of petty crime, such as pickpocketing? What did you do? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Do you feel safe when you walk in a street at night? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Are you worried about 'new crimes' such as Internet-related fraud? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What do you think are the main causes of crime?

__**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ab4444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Simply answer yes or no (the answers may be different in your country). **__

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Is it a crime to try and kill yourself? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">2. Is it illegal to help somebody to commit suicide? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3. Can you be executed for murdering a policeman? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">4. If, after a murder, all the victim’s relatives plead: “Please, don’t prosecute!” can charges against the suspected culprit be dropped? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">5. If two armed thieves break into a house, guns in hand, and one of them shoots and kills the house-owner is he guilty of murder? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">6. If I catch an intruder in my house at night stealing my millions, do I have a legal right to assault him with a weapon? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">7. If I set a trap – a fifty-kilo weight just above the front door – for any burglars who might try and enter the house, am I breaking the law? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">8. After a divorce or legal separation, can a wife be required to pay alimony to her ex-husband? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">9. If I promise to marry my girl-friend and then change my mind shortly before the wedding, can she take me to the court (can she sue me)? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">10. Would I be in danger of committing an offence if I put an advertisement for my school in the paper saying : “Male white teacher is required”? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">11. If as a defendant (accused), I am not satisfied with the way my attorney has handled my defense, can I sue him? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">12. Can a person suspected of and charged with rape be allowed bail?

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