DEATH PENALTY Flashcards

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1
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Innocenter quelqu’un

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To prove somebody innocent

To exonerate somebody

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Être innocenté grâce à l’ADN

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To be cleared by DNA

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Un abolitionniste

Un partisan de l’abolition de la peine de mort

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An abolitionist

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Un récidiviste

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A repeat offender

A recidivist

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5
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Appliquer la loi du talion

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To demand an eye for an eye

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6
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Condamner quelqu’un à mort

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To sentence somebody to death

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Une condamnation

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A conviction

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Condamner quelqu’un à 25 ans de prison

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To sentence somebody to 25 years imprisonment

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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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10
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Une condamnation à mort

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A death sentence

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Perpétuité sans possibilité de remise de peine

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Life without parole

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Un détenu

Un prisonnier

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A prisoner
An inmate
A detainee

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Une cellule

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A cell

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14
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Un avocat

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A lawyer

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15
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Lapider quelqu’un

Tuer quelqu’un à coups de pierre

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To stone somebody to death

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Casser une décision (de justice)

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To quash a decision

To overturn a decision

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Surseoir à l’exécution d’un condamné

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To grant a convict a stay of execution

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18
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Exécuter un condamné

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To execute a convict

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19
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Un bourreau

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An executioner

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20
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Faire une piqûre mortelle à quelqu’un

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To inject somebody with a lethal substance

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21
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La guillotine

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The guillotine

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22
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Électrocuter quelqu’un

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To electrocute somebody

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23
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Être coupable de meurtre

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To be guilty of murder

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24
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Un problème controversé

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A controversial issue

A contentious issue

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25
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Un délinquant sexuel

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A sex offender

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26
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La culpabilité

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Guilt

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27
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Déclarer quelqu’un coupable

Condamner quelqu’un

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To convict somebody guilty

To find somebody guilty

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28
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Une condamnation à tort

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A wrongful conviction

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29
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Rétablir la peine de mort

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To reinstate the death penalty
To reintroduce the death penalty
To restore the death penalty

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30
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Avoir un effet dissuasif

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To act as a deterrent

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31
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Une condamnation à perpétuité

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A life sentence

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32
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Mettre quelqu’un en prison

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To jail somebody

To imprison somebody

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33
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Être dans les couloirs de la mort

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To be on death row

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34
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Un appel

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An appeal

35
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Faire appel d’une décision

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To appeal against a decision

36
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Commuer une condamnation à mort en condamnation à perpétuité

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To commute a death sentence to a life sentence

37
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Grâcier un criminel

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To pardon a criminal

38
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Mettre quelqu’un à mort

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To put somebody to death

39
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Une piqûre mortelle

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A lethal injection

40
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Appliquer la peine de mort

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To apply the death penalty

To enforce the death penalty

41
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Guillotiner quelqu’un

A

To guillotine somebody

42
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Prendre quelqu’un

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To hang somebody

43
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To hang somebody

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Prendre quelqu’un

44
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To guillotine somebody

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Guillotiner quelqu’un

45
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To apply the death penalty

To enforce the death penalty

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Appliquer la peine de mort

46
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A lethal injection

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Une piqûre mortelle

47
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To put somebody to death

A

Mettre quelqu’un à mort

48
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To pardon a criminal

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Grâcier un criminel

49
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To commute a death sentence to life sentence

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Commuer une condamnation à mort en réclusion à perpétuité

50
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To appeal against a decision

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Faire appel d’une décision

51
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An appeal

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Un appel

52
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To be on death row

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Être dans les couloirs de la mort

53
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To jail somebody

To imprison somebody

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Mettre quelqu’un en prison

54
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A life sentence

A

Une condamnation à perpétuité

55
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To act as a deterrent

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Avoir un effet dissuasif

56
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To reinstate the death penalty
To reintroduce the death penalty
To restore the death penalty

A

Rétablir la peine de mort

57
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A wrongful conviction

A

Une condamnation à tort

58
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To convict somebody guilty

To find somebody guilty

A

Déclarer quelqu’un coupable

Condamner quelqu’un

59
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Guilt

A

Culpabilité

60
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A sex offender

A

Un délinquant sexuel

61
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A controversial issue

A contentious issue

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Un problème controversé

62
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To be guilty of murder

A

Être coupable de meurtre

63
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To electrocute somebody

A

Électrocuter quelqu’un

64
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The guillotine

A

La guillotine

65
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To inject somebody with a lethal substance

A

Faire une piqûre mortelle à quelqu’un

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An executioner

A

Un bourreau

67
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To execute a convict

A

Exécuter un condamné

68
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To grant a convict a stay of execution

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Surseoir à l’exécution d’un condamné

69
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To quash a decision

To overturn a decision

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Casser une décision (de justice)

70
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To stone somebody to death

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Lapider quelqu’un

Tuer quelqu’un à coups de pierre

71
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A lawyer

A

Un avocat

72
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A cell

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Une cellule

73
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A prisoner
An inmate
A detainee

A

Un prisonnier

Un détenu

74
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Life without parole

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Perpétuité sans possibilité de remise de peine

75
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A death sentence

A

Une condamnation à mort

76
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To deter somebody from doing something

A

Dissuader quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

77
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To sentence somebody to 25 years imprisonment

A

Condamner quelqu’un à 25 ans de prison

78
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A conviction

A

Une condamnation

79
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To sentence somebody to death

A

Condamner quelqu’un à mort

80
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To demand an eye for an eye

A

Appliquer la loi du talion

81
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A repeat offender

A recidivist

A

Un récidiviste

82
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An abolitionist

A

Un abolitionniste

Un partisan de l’abolition de la peine de mort

83
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To be cleared by DNA

A

Être innocenté grâce à l’ADN

84
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To prove somebody innocent

To exonerate somebody

A

Innocenter quelqu’un