26 Capital punishment 2/3 Flashcards

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un détenu, un prisonnier (3)

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a prisoner, an inmate, a detainee

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être dans les couloirs de la mort

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to be on the death row

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3
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une cellule

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a cell

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4
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un avocat

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a lawyer

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5
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un appel

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an appeal

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faire appel d’une décision

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to appeal against a decision

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7
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casser une décision (de justice) (2)

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to quash a decision, to overturn a decision

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8
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commuer une condamnation à mort en réclusion à perpétuité

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to commute a death sentence to life

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9
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surseoir à l’exécution d’un condamné

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to grant a convict a stay execution, to grant a convict a reprieve

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10
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grâcier un criminel

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to pardon a criminal

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11
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executer un condamné

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to execute a convict

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12
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mettre quelqu’un à mort

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to put somebody to death

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13
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un bourreau

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an executioner

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14
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une piqûre mortelle

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a lethal injection

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15
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faire une piqûre mortelle à quelqu’un

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to inject somebody with a lethal substance

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16
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pendre quelqu’un

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to hang somebody

17
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la guillotine

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the guillotine

18
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guillotiner quelqu’un

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to guillotine somebody

19
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électrocuter quelqu’un

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to electrocute somebody

20
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la chaise électrique

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the electric chair

21
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lapider quelqu’un, tuer quelqu’un à coups de pierre

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to stone somebody to death