The Death Penalty Flashcards

1
Q

La peine capitale

A

Capital punishment

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2
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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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6
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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
Q

Gracier qlq

A

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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11
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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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15
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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
Q

Un pays abolitionniste

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An abolitionist nation

18
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Abolir la peine capitale

A

To abolish capital punishment

19
Q

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

21
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Les partisans / opposants de la peine de mort

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The advocates / the opponents of the death penalty

22
Q

Être en faveur de / être opposé à

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To be in favour of / to be opposed to

23
Q

Être coupable de meurtre

A

To be guilty of murder

24
Q

La culpabilité

A

Guilt

25
Q

Un coupable

A

A culprit

26
Q

Un meurtrier

A

A murderer

27
Q

Un délinquant sexuel / un violeur

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A sexual offender / a rapist

28
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L’innocence / être innocent

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Innocence / to be innocent

29
Q

Une erreur judiciaire

A

A miscarriage of justice

30
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Dissuader qlq de faire qlq chose

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To deter sb from doing sth

31
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Un multirécidiviste

A

An habitual offender

32
Q

La prison à vie

A

Life emprisonment

33
Q

Une condamnation à perpétuité

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A life sentence

34
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Être condamné à la prison à vie

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To be jailed for life