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The government’s chief prosecutor has launched an outspoken attack on plans by David Blunkett, the home secretary, to try terrorists without juries and in secret.
Ken Macdonald QC, the director of public prosecutions, says in an article in today’s Sunday Times that plans for trials without juries of some terror suspects would undermine public faith in the criminal justice system. In his attack on proposals expected in Blunkett’s forthcoming draft terrorism bill to limit the right to jury trial for Al-Qaeda and other Islamic terror suspects, Macdonald says: "To be effective against... terrorism, we need to call on legislation that is clear, flexible and proportionate to the threat."
Nobody wants to throw out the baby with the bath water; we do not want to fight terrorism by destroying precisely those things terrorism is trying to take away from us.
"Open, liberal democracies fail if they try to protect themselves by becoming illiberal, closed and repressive."
Macdonal says he favours proposals by ministers to allow telephone-tapping evidence from MI5 and police to be used in open court. He also believes that "minor players" in terrorist plots should be offered some immunity from prosecution in return for information.
But he emphasizes: "Changes to the criminal trial process have to be approached with great caution and a clear head."
Macdonald, who as head of the Crown Prosecution Service, has overall responsibility for charging and prosecuting all terrorist suspects in England and Wales, says that some basic rights "cannot be negotiated away in a free and democratic society".
So criminal trials must remain routinely open and take place before independent and impartial tribunals. In Britain people have great affection for trial by jury ... Public faith in public justice will not survive abandonment of these fundamental principles.
Macdonald waited to launch his broadside until after last week’s Queen’s speech, when the Home Office said draconian new counter-terrorism measures would be contained in a draft bill, expected to be published in the new year.
The bill would allow for anti-terror courts without juries, which are expected to hear evidence in secret before special security-cleared judges.
Macdonald’s strong comments amount to the clearest signal yet that Blunkett will face a fierce battle not just in parliament but in Whitehall over the plans.
Other senior legal figures including Lord Woolf, the lord chief justice, have previously criticised government plans to limit trial by jury in ordinary criminal trials. However, Macdonald is the first to come out against the new proposals to limit the right to a jury trial in terrorism cases.

By saying that "Nobody wants to throw out the baby with the bath water" (Line 1, Paragraph 3), the author implies that（）

A:no terrorists can be caught if the legislation is unclear. B:secret trials would destroy both public faith and terrorists. C:nobody wants to offer "minor players" some immunity. D:we should not try terrorists in secret.

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The government’s chief prosecutor has launched an outspoken attack on plans by David Blunkett, the home secretary, to try terrorists without juries and in secret.
Ken Macdonald QC, the director of public prosecutions, says in an article in today’s Sunday Times that plans for trials without juries of some terror suspects would undermine public faith in the criminal justice system. In his attack on proposals expected in Blunkett’s forthcoming draft terrorism bill to limit the right to jury trial for Al-Qaeda and other Islamic terror suspects, Macdonald says: "To be effective against... terrorism, we need to call on legislation that is clear, flexible and proportionate to the threat."
Nobody wants to throw out the baby with the bath water; we do not want to fight terrorism by destroying precisely those things terrorism is trying to take away from us.
"Open, liberal democracies fail if they try to protect themselves by becoming illiberal, closed and repressive."
Macdonal says he favours proposals by ministers to allow telephone-tapping evidence from MI5 and police to be used in open court. He also believes that "minor players" in terrorist plots should be offered some immunity from prosecution in return for information.
But he emphasizes: "Changes to the criminal trial process have to be approached with great caution and a clear head."
Macdonald, who as head of the Crown Prosecution Service, has overall responsibility for charging and prosecuting all terrorist suspects in England and Wales, says that some basic rights "cannot be negotiated away in a free and democratic society".
So criminal trials must remain routinely open and take place before independent and impartial tribunals. In Britain people have great affection for trial by jury ... Public faith in public justice will not survive abandonment of these fundamental principles.
Macdonald waited to launch his broadside until after last week’s Queen’s speech, when the Home Office said draconian new counter-terrorism measures would be contained in a draft bill, expected to be published in the new year.
The bill would allow for anti-terror courts without juries, which are expected to hear evidence in secret before special security-cleared judges.
Macdonald’s strong comments amount to the clearest signal yet that Blunkett will face a fierce battle not just in parliament but in Whitehall over the plans.
Other senior legal figures including Lord Woolf, the lord chief justice, have previously criticised government plans to limit trial by jury in ordinary criminal trials. However, Macdonald is the first to come out against the new proposals to limit the right to a jury trial in terrorism cases.

We can infer from the text that（）

A:terrorists will be sentenced to death if the hill is carried out. B:Macdonald opposed to changes in criminal trial process. C:there are "minor players" offered some immunity from prosecution in return for information. D:some basic rights should be left to the terrorists.

Visitors to this country have ______ the severe punishment for relatively minor offenses, such as stealing.

A:conversed with B:commented on C:communicated with D:compensated for

The structure of a family takes different forms around the world and even in the same society. The family’s form changes as it adapts to changing social and economic influences. Until recently, the most common form in North America was the nuclear family, consisting of a married couple with their minor children. The nuclear family is an independent unit. It must be prepared to fend for itself, Individual family members strongly depend on one another. There is little help from outside the family in emergencies. Elderly relatives of a nuclear family are cared for only if it is possible for the family to do so. In North America, the elderly often do not live with the family; they live in retirement communities and nursing homes.
There are many parallels between the nuclear family in industrial societies, such as North America, and of families in societies such as that of the Inuits, who live in harsh environments. The nuclear family structure is well adapted to a life of mobility. In harsh conditions, mobility allows the family to hunt for food. For North Americans, the hunt for jobs and improved social status also requires mobility.
The nuclear family was not always the North American standard. In a more agrarian time, the small nuclear family was usually part of a larger extended family. This might have included grandparents, mother and father, brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins. In North America today, there is a dramatic rise in the number of single-parent households. Twice as many households in the United States are headed by divorced, separated, or never- married individuals as are comprised of nuclear families. The structure of the family, not just in North America, but throughout the world, continues to change as it adapts to changing conditions.

A nuclear family is defined as （　）.

A:a married couple with their minor children B:a single father with minor children C:parents, grandparents, and children D:parents, children, and aunts and uncles

The structure of a family takes different forms around the word and even in the same society. The family’s form changes as it adapts to changing social and economic influences. Until recently, the most common form in North America was the nuclear family, consisting of a married couple with their minor children. The nuclear family is an independent unit. It must be prepared to fend for itself. Individual family members strongly depend on one another. There is little help from outside the family in emergencies. Elderly relatives of a nuclear family are cared for only if it is possible for the family to do so. In North America, the elderly often do not live with the family； they live in retirement communities and nursing homes.
There are many parallels between the nuclear family in industrial societies, such as North America, and of families in societies such as that of the Inuits, who live in harsh environments. The nuclear family structure is well adapted to a life of mobility. In harsh conditions, mobility allows the family to hunt for food. For North Americans, the hunt for jobs and improved social status also requires mobility.
The nuclear family was not always the North American standard. In a more agrarian time, the small nuclear family was usually part of a larger extended family. This might have included grandparents, mother and father, brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins. In North America today, there is a dramatic rise in the number of single-parent households. Twice as many households in the United States are headed by divorced, separated, or nevermarried individuals as are comprised of nuclear families. The structure of the family, not just in North America, but throughout the world, continues to change as it adapts to changing conditions.
A nuclear family is defined as______

A:a single father with minor children B:parents, children, and aunts and uncles C:a married couple with their minor children D:parents, grandparents, and children

? ?The structure of a family takes different forms around the word and even in the same society. The family’s form changes as it adapts to changing social and economic influences. Until recently, the most common form in North America was the nuclear family, consisting of a married couple with their minor children. The nuclear family is an independent unit. It must be prepared to fend for itself. ?Individual family members strongly depend on one another. There is little help from outside the family in emergencies. Elderly relatives of a nuclear family are cared for only if it is possible for the family to do so. In North America, the elderly often do not live with the family； they live in retirement communities and nursing homes.
? ?There are many parallels between the nuclear family in industrial societies, such as North America, and of families in societies such as that of the Inuits, who live in harsh environments. The nuclear family structure is well adapted to a life of mobility. In harsh conditions, mobility allows the family to hunt for food. For North Americans, the hunt for jobs and improved social status also requires mobility.
? ?The nuclear family was not always the North American standard. ?In a more agrarian time, the small nuclear family was usually part of a larger extended family. This might have included grandparents, mother and father, brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins. In North America today, there is a dramatic rise in the number of single-parent households. Twice as many households in the United States are headed by divorced, separated, or nevermarried individuals as are comprised of nuclear families. The structure of the family, not just in North America, but throughout the world, continues to change as it adapts to changing conditions.

A nuclear family is defined as______

A:a single father with minor children B:parents, children, and aunts and uncles C:a married couple with their minor children D:parents, grandparents, and children