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The Big Picture > Deck 27: Capital Punishment > Flashcards

Deck 27: Capital Punishment Flashcards

1
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Le meurtre

A

Murder

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2
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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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6
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Un délinquant sexual

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A sex offender

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7
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Un récidiviste

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A repeat offender, a recidivist

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8
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La culpabilité

A

Guilt

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9
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Appliquer la loi du talion

A

To demand an eye for an eye

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10
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Déclarer qqn coupable, condamné qqn

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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 qqn à mort

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To sentence sb to death

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14
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Condamner qqn à 25 and de prison

A

To sentence sb to 25 years imprisonment

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15
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Un coupable

A

A culprit

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16
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Dissuader qqn de faire qqch

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To deter sb from doing sth

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17
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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

A

Life without parole

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21
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Mettre qqn en prison

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To jail, imprison sb

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22
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Un détenu, un prisonnier

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An inmate, a detainee, a prisoner

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23
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Être dans le couloir de la mort

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To be on death row

24
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Une cellule

A

A cell

25
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Un avocat

A

A lawyer

26
Q

Un appel

A

An appeal

27
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Faire appel d’une de décision

A

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

A

To commute a death sentence to life

30
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Surseoir à l’exécution d’un condamné

A

To grant a convict a stay of execution, a reprieve

31
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Grâcier un criminel

A

To pardon a criminal

32
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Exécuter un condamné

A

To execute a convict

33
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Mettre qqn à mort

A

To put sb to death

34
Q

Un bourreau

A

An executioner

35
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Une piqûre mortelle

A

A lethal injection

36
Q

Faire une piqûre mortelle à qqn

A

To inject sb with a lethal substance

37
Q

Pendre qqn

A

To hang sb

38
Q

La guillotine

A

The guillotine

39
Q

Guillotiner qqn

A

To guillotine sb

40
Q

Électrocuter qqn

A

To electrocute sb

41
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La chaise électrique

A

The electric chair

42
Q

Lapider qqn, tuer qqn à coup de pierre

A

To stone sb to death

43
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Abolir

A

To abolish, to do away with

44
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Rétablir la peine de mort

A

To reinstate, to reintroduce, to restore the death penalty

45
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Appliquer la peine de mort

A

To apply, to enforce the death penalty

46
Q

Une erreur judiciaire

A

A miscarriage of justice

47
Q

Les tests ADN

A

DNA analysis, DNA testing

48
Q

Innocenter qqn

A

To prove sb innocent, to exonerate sb

49
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Être innocenté grâce à l’ADN

A

to be cleared by DNA

50
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Un problème controversé

A

A controversial, contentious issue

51
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Un problème sensible, qui suscite de vives réactions

A

A hot-button issue

52
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Partisans de la peine de mort

A

Advocates, supporters, proponents of the death penalty

53
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Opposant à, adversaires de la peine de mort

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Critics, opponents of the death penalty

54
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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

55
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Un abolitionniste, un partisan de l’abolition de la peine de mort

A

An abolitionist

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