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 sentenced to death

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5
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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 death row inmate

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Obtenir un délai de grâce

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To be granted a reprieve

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Gracier qqn

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To pardon sb

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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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12
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Être pendu

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To be hanged

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13
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La chaise électrique

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The electric chair

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14
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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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16
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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

18
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Un pays abolitionniste

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An abolitionist nation

19
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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 restore the death penalty

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Le rétablissement de la peine de mort

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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
To be opposed to
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Être coupable (de meurtre)
To be guilty (of murder)
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La culpabilité
Guilt
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Un coupable
A culprit
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Un meurtrier
A murderer
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Violer qqn
To rape sb
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Un violeur
A rapist
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Un délinquant sexuel
A sexual offender
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L'innocence
Innocence
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Être innocent
To be innocent
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Une erreur judiciaire
A miscarriage of justice
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Dissuader qqn de faire qch
To deter sb from doing sth
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Un multirécidiviste
An habitual offender
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La prison à vie
Life imprisonment
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Être condamné à la prison à vie
To be jailed for life