Vocabulary and Grammar

When is the fate of a criminal decided?

when the trial ends

when the criminal is arrested

when the trial begins

when the crime is committed

The fate of a criminal is decided when the trial ends.

A trial is held to decide if the person accussed of committing a crime will be punished or not. In the system of common law, the defendant has the right to be tried before a jury, which is conformed by 12 people. In these cases, the jury is the one in charge of giving a veredict, that is to say the jury is in charge of deciding the fate of a criminal after examining the evidence provided by the lawyers.