CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

capital punishment

victim Ö victimizer

â â

Opfer Täter

victimizer: a person who exerts violence on the victim

capital crimes: to be accused of murder

manslaughter

rape

robbery à includes physical violence

burglary

arson à to set fire deliberately (Brandstiftung)

à you go to court/ you are brought to court

à you are confronted with the trial

à judge/ jury (Geschworene) are there

à they pass a sentence

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

æ death (e.g. in Florida, Texas...)

à only when you are found not guilty/ innocent

à you are set free

à you are released

à you are acquitted

à you are placed on probation = auf Bewährung frei gelassen werden

lethal injections (Giftspritze) replaced the electric chair

â

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