The Death Penalty Flashcards

1
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La peine capitale

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Capital punishment

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Une condamnation à mort

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A death sentence

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3
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Être passible de mort

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To be punishable by death

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4
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Être dans le couloir de la mort

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To be on the death row

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5
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Un condamné à mort

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A condemned person / a death row inmate

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Obtenir un sursis, un délai de grâce

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To be granted a reprieve

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7
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Gracier qlq

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To pardon sb

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8
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Être exécuté

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To be executed

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9
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Le bourreau

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The executioner

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10
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Procéder à une exécution

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To carry out an exécution

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Être pendu

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To be hanged

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12
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La chaise électrique

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The electric chair / the chair

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13
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La chambre à gaz

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The gas chamber

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14
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Être exécuté par une injection mortelle

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To be given a lethal injection

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Passer devant le peloton d’exécution

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To be sent before the firing squad

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16
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L’abolition de la peine de mort

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The abolition of the death penalty

17
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Un pays abolitionniste

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An abolitionist nation

18
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Abolir la peine capitale

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To abolish capital punishment

19
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Rétablir la peine de mort

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To reinstate / to restore the death penalty

20
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Le retentissement de la peine de mort

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The reinstatement / the restoration of the death penalty

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Les partisans / opposants de la peine de mort

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The advocates / the opponents of the death penalty

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Être en faveur de / être opposé à

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To be in favour of / to be opposed to

23
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Être coupable de meurtre

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To be guilty of murder

24
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La culpabilité

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Un coupable
A culprit
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Un meurtrier
A murderer
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Un délinquant sexuel / un violeur
A sexual offender / a rapist
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L’innocence / être innocent
Innocence / to be innocent
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Une erreur judiciaire
A miscarriage of justice
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Dissuader qlq de faire qlq chose
To deter sb from doing sth
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Un multirécidiviste
An habitual offender
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La prison à vie
Life emprisonment
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Une condamnation à perpétuité
A life sentence
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Être condamné à la prison à vie
To be jailed for life