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The death penalty Flashcards

1
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Innocenter quelqu’un

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To prove somebody innocent, to exonerate somebody

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Être coupable du meurtre de quelqu’un

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To be guilty of murdering somebody

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Être innocenté grâce à l’ADN

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To be cleared by DNA

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4
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Un problème controversé

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A controversial/contentious issue

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Un abolitionniste/un partisant de l’abolition de la peine de mort

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An abolitionist

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6
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Un délinquant sexuel

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A sex offender

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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

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Guilt

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9
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Appliquer la loi du talion

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To demand an eye for an eye

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Déclarer quelqu’un coupable (de…), condamner quelqu’un

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To convict somebody / To find somebody guilty (of…)

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Condamner quelqu’un à mort

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To sentence somebody to death

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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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Une condamnation

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A conviction

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14
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Lapider quelqu’un

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To stone somebody to death

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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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Rétablir la peine de mort

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To reinstate/reintroduce/restore the death penalty

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17
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Dissuader quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

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To deter somebody from doing something

18
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Avoir un effet dissuasif

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To act as a deterrent

19
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Une condamnation à mort

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A death sentence

20
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Une condamnation à perpétuité

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A life sentence

21
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Perpétuité sans possibilité de remise de peine

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Life without parole

22
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Mettre quelqu’un en prison

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To jail/imprison somebody

23
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Un détenu, un prisonnier

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A prisoner/an inmate/a detainee

24
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Être dans le couloir de la mort

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To be on death row

25
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Une cellule

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A cell

26
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Un avocat

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A lawyer

27
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Un appel

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An appeal

28
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Faire appel d’une décision

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To appeal against a decision

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Casser une décision (de justice)

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To quash, to overturn a decision

30
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Commuer une condamnation en…

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To commute a sentence to…

31
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Surseoir à l’exécution d’un condamné

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To grant a convict a stay of execution / a reprieve

32
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Grâcier un criminel

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To pardon a criminal

33
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Exécuter un condamné

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To execute a convict

34
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Mettre quelqu’un à mort

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To put somebody to death

35
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Un bourreau

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An executioner

36
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Une injection létale

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A lethal injection

37
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Appliquer la peine de mort

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To apply/enforce the death penalty

38
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La guillotine

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The guillotine

39
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Guillotiner

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To guillotine somebody

40
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Electrocuter quelqu’un

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To electrocute somebody

41
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Pendre quelqu’un

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To hang somebody

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