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。

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方式，但是这会使纳税人出更多钱。

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

这数字远低于1999年98人峰值 。

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早已取消该刑法国家继承过时做法。

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.

我们正在致力于死刑。

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

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.

美国还有种独特死刑形式——电椅。

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

例如，死刑就是其中种威慑。

Evidence that capital punishment deters crime is pretty thin.

【thin，thinness】极刑能制止犯罪论据不能令人信服。

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

如果你已经把无辜人置于死地，你只会使用死刑。

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。

In fact, because of so many botched hangings, there was talk over the years about ending capital punishment altogether.

事实上，由于有这么多拙劣绞刑，多年来直在谈论完全废除死刑。

As a lawyer, he took an active interest in reforms to New York's criminal laws which limited capital punishment and abolished whipping.

作为名律师，他积极参与纽约刑法改革，限制死刑并废除鞭打。

We're talking about capital punishment so if you've never heard that phrase before you might have heard another name for this topic.

我们谈论是死刑，所以如果您之前从未听说过这词，您可能已经听说过该主题另名称。