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Mosaic 1 Writing, 4/e
Laurie Blass
Meredith Pike-Baky

Crime and Punishment

Using Relative Clauses

Change the following conditional sentences to sentences with relative clauses. Make any other changes that are necessary. Follow the example:

      If states have the death penalty, they are considered backward.
      States that have the death penalty are considered backward.



1

If people commit murder, they should stay in jail for life.
2

If courts relied more on DNA testing, they wouldn't convict innocent people so often.
3

If lawyers use loopholes to set criminals free, they cause people to lose faith in the criminal justice system.
4

If people grow up seeing a lot of violence on television, they often end up violent themselves.
5

If people cannot look at evidence with an open mind, they should not sit on a jury.