The death penalty (20) Flashcards

1
Q

la peine capitale

A

capital punishment

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2
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une condamnation à mort

A

a death sentence

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3
Q

être passible de mort

A

to be punishable by death

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4
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être condamné à mort

A

to be condemned/sentenced to death

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5
Q

être dans le couloir de la mort

A

to be on death row (in the USA)

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6
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un condamné à mort

A

a condemned person
a death row inmate

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7
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obetnir un sursis / un délai de grace

A

to be granted a reprieve

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8
Q

gracier qn

A

to pardon sb

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9
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être exécuté

A

to be executed

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10
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le bourreau

A

the executioner

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11
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procéder à une exécution

A

to carry out an execution

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12
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être pendu

A

to be hanged

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13
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la chaise électrique

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the electric chair
the chair

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14
Q

la chambre à gaz

A

the gas chamber

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15
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être exécuté par injection mortelle

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to be given a lethal injection

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16
Q

passer devant le peloton d’exécution

A

to be sent before the firing squad

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17
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l’abolition de la peine de mort

A

the abolition of the death penalty

18
Q

un pays abolitionniste

A

an abolitionist country

19
Q

abolir la peine capitale

A

to abolish capital punishment

20
Q

rétablir la peine de mort

A

to reinstate/restore the death penalty

21
Q

le rétablissement de la peine de mort

A

the reinstatement/restoration of the death penalty

22
Q

les partisans de la peine de mort

A

the advocates of the death penalty

23
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les opposants à la peine de mort

A

the opponents to the death penalty

24
Q

être en faveur de

A

to be in favour of

25
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être opposé à

A

to be opposed to

26
Q

être coupable de meurtre

A

to be guilty of murder

27
Q

la culpabilité

28
Q

un coupable

29
Q

un meurtrier

A

a murderer

30
Q

un délinquant sexuel
un violeur

A

a sexual offender
a rapist

31
Q

l’innocence
être innocent

A

innocence
to be innocent

32
Q

une erreur judiciaire

A

a miscarriage of justice

33
Q

dissuader qn de faire quelque chose

A

to deter sb from doing smth

34
Q

un multirécidiviste

A

a habitual offender

35
Q

la prison à vie

A

life imprisonment

36
Q

une condamnation à perpétuité

A

a life sentence

37
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être condamné à la prison à vie

A

to be jailed for life

38
Q

le pays ou on exécute le plus dans le monde

A

the world’s top executioner

39
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un moyen de dissuasion contre le crime

A

a deterrent to crime

40
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une pratique barbare

A

a barbaric practice

41
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les crimes de sang

A

murderous crimes

42
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une communauté d’hommes libres

A

a community of free men