Séance 6 : A Former Teenager Carjacker (part. 2) + death penalty in the US Flashcards
Incendie criminel
Arson
Peine obligatoire
Mandatory sentence
Déposer une requête
To file a motion
Le jugement est renversé
The judgment are reversed
Jeunes délinquants criminels
Juvenile homicide offenders
La punition doit être proportionnée à l’infraction et au délinquant
A punishment must be proportionate to the offense and the offender.
Un manque de maturité de l’enfant entraine une prise de risque et de l’impulsivité, cependant cela permet aussi une meilleure chance de réinsertion.
A juvenile’s lack of maturity leads to risk-taking and impulsivity, yet it also allows for a better chance of rehabilitation.
Dans les couloirs de la mort
On death row
A special prison unit for inmates sentenced to death and awaiting execution
Un appel
An appeal
The act of applying to a higher court / to appeal against a decision / to win a case on appeal
Expressions : to lodge an appeal, to appeal to a court, to appeal against a decision / to win a case on appeal
On their books
In their laws
Forensic
Forensic
Relating to the application of scientific methods and techniques to investigate a crime
Disculper, innocenter
To exonarate
To remove any blame from a person who was previously accused or convicted of a crime.
To declare innocent after a previous/ prior conviction
A moratorium
A temporary prohibition of an activity
Atténuer la peine
To commute
To reduce a sentence to a lesser one / to a less severe one
His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonement without parole
Il y a 31 Etats dans les Etats-Unis qui ont encore la peine de mort dans leurs lois.
There are 31 States in the US that still have the death penalty on their books.
