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In pairs, decide: What are the two worst things that could happen to you if you were on trial? Choose from the list below.
The judge is biased against you before the trial starts.
Your lawyer doesn’t know what s/he is doing.
The key witness for the defence is useless.
A witness claims you’re guilty and identifies you.
You are given a prison sentence.
Key vocabulary:
the defendant
a witness
the case for the defence/for the prosecution
to pass a verdict of guilty/of not guilty
Watch the clip. Which of the aforementioned events does not happen to Captain Blackadder? What happens instead?
How would you describe the trial?
Spoiler alert: Captain Blackadder is saved at the last minute. Speculate on how he gets off the hook (inf).
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