Crime and Punishment Flashcards
Woman loses mercy plea
to refuse to accept a request (v)
to reject
Willingness not to punish someone too severely (n)
Clemency
to plan that something will happen at a particular time (v)
to schedule
to change a punishment to a less severe one (v)
To commute
helping someone to life a useful live again after they have been in prison (n)
Rehabilitation
very seriously (adv)
Earnestly
someone who starts a business, organisaton, school, etc (n)
a founder
someone who has been proved to be guilty of a crime and sent to prison (n)
Convicts
to kill someone, especially legally as a punishment for a serious crime (v)
to execute
to start doing something again after a pause or interruption
to resume
She killed a man and a woman with a pickax
What crime did Karla Tucker commit ?
She get the death penalty
What sentence did she get ?
No, she doesn’t claim to be innocent.
Does she claim to be innocent ?
She asked to clemency for spending the rest of her life doing his work for rehabilitation.
What has she asked to the Board of Pardons and Paroles ?
She will help young people and spread the voice of God.
How does she say she is going to spend the rest of her life if her request is granted ?
Yes she is married to his prison minister husband.
Is she married ?
Her last interview will be broadcast on Tuesday
When will her last interview be broadcast on TV ?
She is going to be execute by lethal injection
How is she going to be execute ?
She was hanged.
How was Chipita Rodriguez put to death ?
The capital punishment resumed in 1976.
When was capital punishment resumed in the Unites States ?
