The death penalty (20) Flashcards

(42 cards)

1
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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 condamné à mort

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to be condemned/sentenced to death

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5
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être dans le couloir de la mort

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to be on death row (in the USA)

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un condamné à mort

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a condemned person
a death row inmate

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7
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obetnir un sursis / un délai de grace

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to be granted a reprieve

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8
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gracier qn

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to pardon sb

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9
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être exécuté

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to be executed

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10
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le bourreau

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the executioner

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11
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procéder à une exécution

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to carry out an execution

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12
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être pendu

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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
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la chambre à gaz

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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
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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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17
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l’abolition de la peine de mort

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the abolition of the death penalty

18
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un pays abolitionniste

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an abolitionist country

19
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abolir la peine capitale

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to abolish capital punishment

20
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rétablir la peine de mort

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to reinstate/restore the death penalty

21
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le rétablissement de la peine de mort

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the reinstatement/restoration of the death penalty

22
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les partisans de la peine de mort

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the advocates of the death penalty

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les opposants à la peine de mort

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the opponents to the death penalty

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être en faveur de

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to be in favour of

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être opposé à
to be opposed to
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être coupable de meurtre
to be guilty of murder
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la culpabilité
guilt
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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 qn de faire quelque chose
to deter sb from doing smth
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un multirécidiviste
a habitual offender
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la prison à vie
life imprisonment
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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
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le pays ou on exécute le plus dans le monde
the world's top executioner
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un moyen de dissuasion contre le crime
a deterrent to crime
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une pratique barbare
a barbaric practice
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les crimes de sang
murderous crimes
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une communauté d'hommes libres
a community of free men