Chapitre 26 La peine capitale Flashcards

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1
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le meutre

A

murder

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être coupable de meurtre

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to be guilty of murder

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3
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un meurtrier

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a murderer

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4
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le viol

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rape

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5
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un violeur

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a rapist

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un délinquant sexuel

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a sex offender

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un récidiviste

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a repeat offender, a recidivist

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la culpabilité

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guilt

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9
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appliquer la loi du tallon

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to demand an eye for an eye

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déclarer qn coupable, condamner qn

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to convict sb, to find sb guilty

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11
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une condamnation

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a conviction

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12
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une condamnation à tort

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a wrongful conviction

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13
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condamner qn à mort

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to sentence sb to death

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condamner qn à 25 ans de prison

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to sentence sb to 25 years imprisonment

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15
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un coupable

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a culprit

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16
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dissuader qn de faire qch

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to deter sb from doing sth

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avoir un effet dissuasif

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to act as a deterrent

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18
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une condamnation à mort

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a death sentence

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19
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une condamnation à perpétuité

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a life sentence

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20
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perpétuité sans possibilité de remise de peine

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life without parole

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21
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mettre qn en prison

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to jail, imprison sb

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un détenu, un prisonnier

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a prisoner, an inmate, a detainee

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23
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être dans les couloirs de la mort

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to be on death row

24
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une cellule

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a cell

25
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un avocat

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a lawyer

26
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un appel

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an appeal

27
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faire appel d’une décision

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to appeal against a decision

28
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casser une décision (de justice)

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to quash, to overturn a decision

29
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commuer une condamnation à mort en réclusion à perpétuité

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to commute a death sentence to life

30
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surseoir à l’exécution d’un condamné

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to grant a convict a stay of execution, a reprieve

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grâcier un criminel

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to pardon a criminal

32
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executer un condamné

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to execute a convict

33
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mettre qn à mort

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to put sb to death

34
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un bourreau

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an executioner

35
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une piqûre mortelle

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a lethal injection

36
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faire une piqûre mortelle à qn

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to inject sb with a lethal substance

37
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pendre qn

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to hang sb

38
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la guillotine

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the guillotine

39
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guillotiner qn

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to guillotine sb

40
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électrocuter qn

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to electrocute sb

41
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la chaise électrique

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the electric chair

42
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lapider qn, tuer qn à coups de pierre

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to stone sb to death

43
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abolir

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to abolish, to do away with

44
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rétablir la peine de mort

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to reinstate, to reintroduce, to restore the death penalty

45
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appliquer la peine de mort

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to apply, to enforce the death penalty

46
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une erreur judiciaire

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a miscarriage of justice

47
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les tests ADN

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DNA analysis, DNA testing

48
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innocenter qn

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to prove sb innocent, to exonerate sb

49
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être innocenté grâce à l’ADN

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to be cleared by DNA

50
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une problème controversé

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a controversial, contentious issue

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une problème sensible, qui suscite de vives réactions

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a hot-button issue

52
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partisans de la peine de mort

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advocates, supporters, proponents of the death penalty

53
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être contre la peine de mort

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to oppose the death penalty, to be opposed to the death penalty

54
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un abolitionniste, un partisan de l’abolition de la peine de mort

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an abolitionist

55
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opposants à, adversaires de la peine de mort

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critics, opponents of the death penalty