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Criminal record = an official record of crimes that a person has committed. They fired him
when they found out he had a criminal record.
Bring to justice
Protest innocence
miscarriage of justice = when the law has been carried out wrongly
obstructing the course of justice = preventing the law being put into action
put/let smb on probation
parole = permission for a prisoner to be released before their period in prison is finished,
with the agreement that they will behave well. He's been released on parole.
C1:
Release = when someone is allowed to leave prison, etc. Her early release from
prison led to a demonstration.
Smuggling = the crime of taking goods or people into or out of a country
illegally
C2:
Plead = to make a statement of what you believe to be true, especially in
support of something or someone or when someone has been accused in a
law court. Plead guilty / innocent
Convict = to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a
crime.
Conviction = when someone is officially found to be guilty of a particular crime. He