Chico Forti Granted Semi-Liberty Regime
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Chico Forti is a man from Italy. He was in prison for many years. Now he has a new regime. It is called semi-liberty.
Semi-liberty means he can leave prison sometimes. He can go out during the day. At night, he must go back to prison.
The news came on 21 September 2026. A court gave him this new rule. This means Forti can keep going out of prison.
Many people in Italy know about Chico Forti. His case is famous. People talk about him on the news.
This new regime is a change for Forti. It gives him more freedom than before. But he is still not fully free.
Vocabulary15 words
- regime
- a system or way of doing something
- semi-liberty
- a rule that lets a prisoner leave sometimes but not be fully free
- prison
- a place where people go as punishment
- court
- a place where judges decide about laws
- freedom
- being free; not in prison
- case
- a story about someone that a court looks at
- famous
- known by many people
- grant
- to give something, like permission
- rule
- something you must follow
- change
- when something becomes different
- news
- information about new events
- judge
- a person who decides in court
- punishment
- something bad given for doing wrong
- allow
- to say someone can do something
- release
- letting someone leave prison
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1. A semi-liberty regime 2. Leave prison sometimes 3. False
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Chico Forti is a man from Italy. He was in _____ for many years. Now he has a new _____.
It is called _____-liberty. This means he can leave prison sometimes. He can go out during the _____.
At night, he must go back to _____. The news came on 21 September 2026.
A _____ gave him this new rule. This means Forti can keep going out of prison.
Many people in Italy know about Chico Forti. His _____ is famous. People talk about him on the news.
This new regime gives him more _____ than before. But he is still not fully free.
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