26 LA PEINE CAPITALE Flashcards

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Les partisans de la peine de mort estiment qu’il faut appliquer la loi du talion en cas de meurtre.

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Supporters/Proponents of THE death penalty CONSIDER that (idiom : ) one should demand an eye for an eye in case of murder.

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M.X. a été reconnu coupable de meurtre et condamné à la prison à perpétuité sans possibilité de remise de peine.

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Mr X. was FOUND guilty of murder and SENTENCED TO LIFE without PAROLE.
Mr. X. was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of remission.

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Devrait-on rétablir la peine de mort pour les délinquants sexuels récidivistes ?

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Should the death penalty be REINSTATED for REPEAT SEX OFFENDERS

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Il faut remarquer qu’aux Etats-Unis— , les Etas où il y a le plus d’exécutions, le Texas et L’Oklahoma,— ont un taux de criminality particulièrement élevé.

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IS MUST BE POINTED OUT that in the US,— the states with the MOST executions, Texas and Oklahoma, — have a particularly high crime rate.

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Ces statistiques montrent qu’il est loin d’être certain que la peine capitale est vraiment un effet dissuassif.

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Figures show that IT IS FAR FROM CERTAIN that the capital punishment really acts as a deterrent /// is really a deterrent.
(a deterrent = un moyen de dissuasion)

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Comparé avec le nombre de prisonniers exécutés en Chine, le nombre d’excécutions aux Etats-Unis est presque quantité négligeable.

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Compared to the number of prisoners executed in China, the number of executions in the US is almost NEGLIGIBLE.

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Un condamné a mort peut faire appel de sa condamnation et passer des années et des années en prison.

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A death-row prisoner may/can APPEAL AGAINST his conviction/sentence and spend years and years in jail/prison
Facts Are Facts: Inmates, Prisoners, and Convicts Are All the Same

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On a calculé qu’un condamné dans les couloirs de la mort coûte beaucoup plus cher à l’Etat — qu’un condamné à la prison à perpétuité

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It has been calculated that a death-row prisoner costs the state much more than ONE SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE /// than a life sentence convict.

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Les sondages montrent que de plus en plus d’Américains s’opposent à la peine capitale.

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POLLS show that more and more Americains oppose/are opposing/are opposed to capital punishment.

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Plus de 130 condamnés ont été innocentés grâce aux analyses ADN ces dernières années.

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Over 130 prisoners have been PROVED INNOCENT thanks to DNA analysis in the past few years
Over VS MORE THAN : So the choice between using either of these two words is just that: a choice
More than 130 convicted persons have been cleared through DNA testing in recent years.

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