The condemned prisoner cowered and began to whimper for clemency.
那个被判罪的囚犯抖缩着并开始抽泣请求宽恕。
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BBC 听力 2015年8月合集
Judge Henry Wingate barred the use of two drugs that are supposed to sedate and paralyze the condemned prisoner before lethal injection .
亨利·温盖特法官命令禁止使用以下两种药物,这两种药物能够在实施致命注射之前让死刑犯镇定,麻木。
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Animals walked on water, myths were re-enacted by condemned prisoners, and at night, nude synchronized swimmers would perform by torchlight.
动物在水上行走, 被判死刑的囚犯重演神话,晚上,裸体花样游泳运动员将在手电筒下表演。
Fuzzy & Nutty
Four states, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and Virginia, still allow condemned prisoners to choose it as their method of execution, but no one has taken them up on that offer
Capital punishment, death penalty or execution is government sanctioned punishment by death. The sentence is referred to as a death sentence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital is derived from the Latin capitalis ("of the head", referring to execution by beheading).