lesson - death penalty

Question 1

penalty
- death penalty

Answer 1

a punishment for braking a law or rule
- a punishment of being killed

Question 2

inmate

Answer 2

one of people living in an institution such as prison

Question 3

death row

Answer 3

the cells is prison for prisoner that are waiting to be killed as a punishment

Question 4

first-degree murder

Answer 4

the most serious murder

Question 5

felony

Answer 5

the act of committing a serious crime such as rape or murder

Question 6

execution

Answer 6

the act of killing someone as a legal punishment

Question 7

mass murderer

Answer 7

a murder/killing of a large group of people

Question 8

death warrant

Answer 8

an official order for an execution of a person

Question 9

a morgue

Answer 9

a building in which dead bodies are kept until burial

Question 10

burial

Answer 10

the act of ceremony of burying a dead body

Question 11

penitentiary

Answer 11

prison

Question 12

court trial

Answer 12

a formal examination of evidence by a judge and jury to decide if someone accused of a crime is guilty or not

Question 13

capital punishment
- capital crime

Answer 13

death penalty
- criminal charge that is punishable by the death penalty

Question 14

alibi

Answer 14

evidence that proves that someone was in different place when the crime happened and so he cannot be guilty or commit it

Question 15

convert

Answer 15

someone who has changed their religion or opinions

Question 16

a convict

Answer 16

a person who has been found guilty of a crime

Question 17

a persistent offender

Answer 17

someone who continues to commit crimes after they have been caught and punished

Question 18

an opponent (opp)

Answer 18

someone who is against something and tries to stop it or change it

Question 19

warden

Answer 19

a person who is taking care and is responsible for a particular place and is making sure that the rules are obeyed

Question 20

firing squad

Answer 20

a group of solider who are ordered to shoot and kill a person who has been found guilty of a crime

Question 21

to be convicted

Answer 21

to decide officially that someone is guilty of a crime

Question 22

to execute

Answer 22

to kill someone as a legal punishment

Question 23

to blindfold

Answer 23

to put a piece of cloth or other material over someone’s eyes so they cannot see

Question 24

to gag

Answer 24

to put a piece of cloth or other material in or over someone’s mouth so the cannot talk/scream

Question 25

to brag

Answer 25

to talk too proudly about yourself

Question 26

to prevail

Answer 26

to be accepted especially after an argument

Question 27

to imprison

Answer 27

to put someone in prison or other place they cannot escape from

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to cast

Answer 28

to say or do something that makes people doubt something

Question 29

to stoop

Answer 29

to lower your moral standers far enough to do something bad

Question 30

to abolish

Answer 30

to officially end a law or institution

Question 31

to bury

Answer 31

to place a dead body in the ground

Question 31

to estimate

Answer 31

to form an idea of cost or size of something without calculating it exactly

Question 32

horrid

Answer 32

horrible/something unkind

Question 33

a conviction

Answer 33

a decision someone is guilty of a crime

Question 34

convicted

Answer 34

being guilty of a crime

Question 35

remorse

Answer 35

the feeling of being extremely sorry/ to show a great regret

Question 36

persistent

Answer 36

to do something despite difficulties, when other people are against you

Question 37

subsequent

Answer 37

happening or coming after something else

Question 38

deterrence

Answer 38

the act of making somebody less likely to do something

Question 39

deterrent

Answer 39

making somebody less likely to do something

Question 40

parole

Answer 40

a permission given to prisoner to leave a prison before the end of their sentence on condition that they behave well

Question 41

estimate

Answer 41

a judgement you make without having the exact details about the cost, size.. of something

Question 42

just

Answer 42

fair

Question 43

appeal process

Answer 43

the process in which cases are reviewed by higher authority

Question 44

hesitant

Answer 44

to speak or to act slow because you are uncertain

Question 45

testimonial

Answer 45

a formal written statement about the quality of something

Question 46

testimony

Answer 46

formal written saying what you know to be true

Question 47

barbiturate

Answer 47

a powerful drug that makes you feel relaxed or puts you asleep

Question 48

pellet

Answer 48

small hard balls of any substance, often of soft material that has become hard

Question 49

a noose

Answer 49

a circle that is tied in one end of a rope, with a knot that allows the circle to get smaller as the other end of the rope is pulled

Question 50

brace

Answer 50

a device that holds and supports things together

Question 51

sanctity

Answer 51

the state of being holy

Question 52

current

Answer 52

the flow of electricity through a wire

Question 53

duty

Answer 53

something that you feel you have to do because it is your responsibility

Question 54

corrections officer

Answer 54

a person whose job is to care for and control people who are in prison, and to make sure prison rules are followed

Question 55

attendant

Answer 55

a person whose job is to serve or help people in a public place

Question 56

state-sanctioned

Answer 56

something that the government prohibited by some rules

Question 57

lethal injection

Answer 57

is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person for the express purpose of causing rapid death

Question 58

racial discrimination

Answer 58

being judged or less important because of your skin color