Paul is arrested for insider trading; this is the illegal practice of trading on the stock market to make money with confidential information. Paul is sentenced to 15 years in prison, which is a fairly typical punishment for this crime. Paul has been in prison for 14 years and is nearing his release; a new judge has to grant his official release, but believes the earlier judge was too light on his punishment. He rules that Paul also has to pay a fine of $500,000.

Think about how the author structured the article you just read, then answer the question. what type of text structure does the author use in this article? the author uses a sequence of events to trace the development of democratic rule from ancient greece to the united states. the author presents a cause-and-effect relationship to explain how the first government created in athens resulted in the empire’s downfall. the author compares and contrasts ideas about government developed by two philosophers, plato and aristotle. the author describes the problems faced by the american founding fathers, and details the solutions proposed by plato and aristotle. ach characteristic of government to athens or rome