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The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy
The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy
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2024-02-14
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The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases【C1】______the trial of Rosemary West.
In a significant【C2】______of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a【C3】______bill that will propose making payments to witnesses【C4】______and will strictly control the amount of【C5】______that can be given to a case【C6】______a trial begins.
In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee, Lord Irvine said be【C7】______with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not.【C8】______sufficient control.
【C9】______of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a【C10】______of media protest when he said the【C11】______of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges【C12】______to Parliament.
The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which【C13】______the European Convention on Human Rights legally【C14】______in Britain, laid down that everybody was【C15】______to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.
"Press freedoms will be in safe hands【C16】______our British judges." he said.
Witness payments became an【C17】______after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995, Up to 19 witnesses were【C18】______to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised【C19】______witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to【C20】______guilty verdicts. [br] 【C20】
选项
A、assure
B、confide
C、ensure
D、guarantee
答案
C
解析
ensure 确定,符合文义。句意为“人们因而担心这样做会鼓励证人夸大他们的故事,从而在法律上确定有罪的判决。”assure 向某人保证;confide 向某人吐露秘密;guarantee 保证。
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