[법률/범죄] (EE-386) 사형제도 논의 (Discussing Capital Punishment)

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Simon: What’s all that?

Hilary: It’s a news report about the upcoming execution of Perry Hickock.
* execution = 처형, 사형 (집행)

Simon: That’s barbaric. We shouldn’t have capital punishment in this day and age.
* barbaric = 야만적인, 미개인의/ capital punishment = 사형/ in this day and age = 지금은[현대 세상에서는] 

Hilary: This guy killed an entire family while trying to rob them in their own home.
He was convicted of multiple murders and given the death penalty. This is about justice.
* rob = 털다[도둑질 하다]/ be convicted of ~ = ~로 유죄판결을 받다/ death penalty = 사형/ justice = 공평성; 정당성

Simon: This is about vengeance. He could have been given a life sentence without the possibility of
parole. As it is, he has spent 22 years on death row.
* vengeance = 복수, 앙갚음/ life sentence = 종신형/ parole = 가석방/ on death row = 사형 선고를 받고 집행을 기다라는 

Hilary: Oh, I see, you’re one those people who is soft on crime. You think our criminals should be coddled.
* soft on ~ = ~에 관대한/ crime = 범죄, 범행/ coddle = 애지중지하다, 과잉보호하다

Simon: No, I don’t. But aside from my moral objections, executing someone with a lethal injection or
the electric chair is inhumane. Many executions are botched each year.
* moral objections = 도덕상의 반대/ lethal injection = 치사 주사 (사형 집행 방법으로서)/ electric chair = (사형 집행용) 전기의자/ inhumane = 비인간적인, 비인도적인, 잔혹한/ botch = (서투른 솜씨로) 망치다 

Hilary: So what? These are people convicted of serious crimes. They deserve all the punishment they get.

Simon: I’m going to have to start calling you “Hang ‘em high Hilary.”
* hang 'em high = 교수형에 대해서 열정적인 사람 

Hilary: And I’ll have to start calling you “Soft-hearted Simon.”
* soft-hearted = 마음이 부드러운[약한]

Discussing Capital Punishment - WTS.mp3