CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

capital punishment

victim victimizer

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victimizer: a person who exerts violence on the victim

capital crimes: to be accused of murder

manslaughter

rape

robbery includes physical violence

burglary

arson to set fire deliberately (Brandstiftung)

you go to court/ you are brought to court

you are confronted with the trial

judge/ jury (Geschworene) are there

they pass a sentence

the person is sentenced to different kinds of punishment (10y.,20y., life-long)

death (e.g. in Florida, Texas)

only when you are found not guilty/ innocent

you are set free

you are released

you are acquitted

you are placed on probation = auf Bewährung frei gelassen werden

lethal injections (Giftspritze) replaced the electric chair

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very high voltage

a serious crime = Schweverbrechen

a minor crime = geringeres Verbrechen

criminals were afraid of potential consequences

millions of $ may transfered to illegal accounts (Konten)

"The world is out of joint" (Hamlet) = die Welt ist aus den Fugen geraten

joiner = sb. who puts things together = Tischler

joint = Gelenke

to apply for = ansuchen