Capital punishment is sometimes termed a necessary evil.

死刑有时被称为“必要之恶”。

I wouldn't think they would ask for capital punishment.

我想他们不至于判你死刑。

In most other countries of the world, there is no capital punishment for minors.

在全世界大部分其他国家都没有对未成年人的死刑。

The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences, but they would certainly cost the tax payers much money.

长期监禁是替代死刑的一个方式，但是纳税人出更多的钱。

In the United States, 36 states currently allow capital punishment for serious crimes such as murder.

目前美国有36个州允许对谋杀等严重犯罪处以死刑。

Passage Three In the United States, 36 states currently allow capital punishment for serious crimes such as murder.

文章三在美国，目前有36个州允许对犯有严重罪行比如谋杀的人处以死刑。

The number is a lot lower than the 98 executions that took place in 1999, when American capital punishment peaked.

一数字远低于1999年的98人的峰值 。

He calls capital punishment an archaic practice that the United States inherited from a country that has now abandoned it.

他表示死刑是美国从一个早已取消该刑法的国家继承的过时做法。

Grant looked startled. " Capital punishment, you mean" ?

格兰特看起来很吃惊。“死刑，你是说” ？

Do you believe we should have capital punishment altogether?

你认为我们应该完全处以死刑吗？

We are working at capital punishment.

我们正在致于死刑。

Corporal punishment and capital punishment tend to be more approved of.

体罚和死刑往往更受认可。

Listen, I think capital punishment is, it's about time it came back.

听着，我认为死刑是，是时候回归了。

The United States also has a unique form of capital punishment – the electric chair.

美国还有一种独特的死刑形式——电椅。

So for example, capital punishment is one of those deterrence.

例如，死刑就是其中一种威慑。

Evidence that capital punishment deters crime is pretty thin.

【thin，thinness】极刑能制止犯罪的论据不能令人信服。

If you've already put innocent people to death You'd only use capital punishment.

如果你已经把无辜的人置于死地，你只用死刑。

And I learned that historically, capital punishment has been disproportionately applied to people of color.

我了解到，从历史上看，死刑被不成比例地适用于有色人种。

The girl decided to save him, when she heard of his capital punishment.

女孩听说了他的死刑时准备救他。

Cicero however had to be put on trial since Roman Law specifically forbade extrajudicial capital punishment.

然而，由于罗马法明确禁止法外死刑，西塞罗必须接受审判。