19. The death penalty Flashcards

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la peine capitale

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capital punishment

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une condamnation à mort

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a death sentence

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être passible de mort

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to be punishable by death

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être condamné à mort

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to be condemned / sentenced to death

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être dans le couloir de la mort

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to be on death row

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un condamné à mort

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a condemned person / a death row inmate

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obtenir un surcis, un délais de grâce

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to be granted a reprieve

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gracier quelqu’un

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to pardon somebody

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être exécuté

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to be executed

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le bourreau

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the executioner

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procéder à une exécution

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to carry out an execution

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être pendu

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to be hanged

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la chaise électrique

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the electric chair / the chair

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la chambre à gaz

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the gas chamber

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être exécuté par injection mortelle

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to be given a lethal injection

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passer devant le peloton d’exécution

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to be sent before the firing squad

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l’abolition de la peine de mort

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the abolition of the death penalty

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un pays abolitionniste

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an abolitionist nation

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abolir la peine capitale

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to abolish capital punishment

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rétablir la peine de mort

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to reinstate / to restore the death penalty

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le rétablissement de la peine de mort

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the reinstatement / the restoration of the death penalty

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les partisans de la peine de mort

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the advocates of the death penalty

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les opposants à la peine de mort

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the opponents to the death penalty

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être en faveur de

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to be in favour of

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être opposé à

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to be opposed to

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être coupable (de meurtre)

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to be guilty (of murder)

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la culpabilité

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guilt

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une meurtrier

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a murderer

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violer quelqu’un

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to rape somebody

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un violeur

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a rapist

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un délinquant sexuel

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a sexual offender

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l’innocence

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innocence

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être innocent

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to be innocent

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une erreur judiciaire

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a miscarriage of justice

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dissuader quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

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to deter somebody from doing something

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un multirécidiviste

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an habitual offender

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la prison à vie

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life imprisonment

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être condamné à la prison à vie

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to be jailed for life