Unit 23 Changes of American Death Penalty.pptVIP

Unit 23 Changes of American Death Penalty Capital punishment Changes of American Death Penalty Unit 23 Changes of American Death Penalty Execute Abolish Hold onto Hear Waive Suspend Evolve Changes of American Death Penalty Death penalty Capital punishment Capital offenses Mandatory death sentencing Discretionary death penalty statutes Arbitrariness of the death penalty Arbitrary and capricious sentencing Complete sentencing discretion? Examples for Important words and phrases This affair is within his jurisdiction. 这件事情在他的管辖权限之内。 The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in his country. 法官对居住在本国的外交官无裁判权. Examples for Important words and phrases Death penalty = capital punishment :putting a condemned person to death The death penalty for murder works on the principle of an eye for an eye. 犯谋杀罪处以死刑,其原则是一命抵一命. For thousands of years, many governments have punished people convicted of certain crimes by putting them to death. 几千年以来，各国政府对于某些被认为犯了罪的人判处死刑来惩罚. Although some U.S. states began abolishing the death penalty, most states held onto capital punishment. 尽管美国很多州开始废除死刑，还有很多州坚持死刑。 In the early part of the nineteenth century, many states reduced the number of their capital crimes 在十九世纪初期，很多国家减少了判处死刑的罪行的数目。 It was suggested that the death penalty was a cruel and unusual punishment and therefore unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. 有人认为死刑是残酷的、不寻常的刑罚，在美国宪法第八修正案下是不合宪法的。 In the late 1960s,the Supreme Court began to find a way of the death penalty. 二十世纪六十年代后期，最高法院开始寻求死刑的出路。 Taizhou Teachers College Taizhou Teachers College Taizhou Teachers College Taizhou Teachers College European settlers brought practice of death penalty 1 Early 19th C, reduced the number of capital crimes 2 During Civil War, opposition to the death penalty waned 3 After war, new means of executions emerged 4 In late 1960s,Supreme Court began to find a way for it 5 June 29,1972