Elementary ‐ Global View ‐ Capital Punishment (C0144)
ProfeTsshoar: It’s all for today’s class. We will continue our lecture on crime and punishment tomorrow.
A: Do you think we should be tougher on crime?
B: Well, it depends on what you mean.
A: For example, we could bring back the death penalty for murder, give longer prison sentences for lesser offences and lock up juvenile offenders.
B: Those really sound like Draconian measures. Firstly, what do you do about miscarriages of justice if you’ve already put innocent people to death?
A: You’d only use capital punishment if you were absolutely sure that you’d convicted the right person.
B: But, there’ve been many cases of wrongful conviction where people have been imprisoned for many years. The authorities were sure at the time, but later it was shown that the evidence was unreliable. In some cases, it’d been fabricated by the police.
A: Well, no system of justice can be perfect, but surely there’s a good case for longer prison sentences to deter serious crime.
B: I doubt whether they could act as an effective deterrent while the detection rate is so low. The best way to prevent crime is to convince people who commit it that they’re going to be caught. It doesn’t make sense to divert all your resources into the prison system.
A: But if you detect more crimes, you’ll still need prisons. In my reckoning, if we could lock up more juvenile criminals, they’d learn that they couldn’t get away with it. Soft sentences will merely encourage them to do it again.
B: Yes, but remember that prisons are often schools for criminals. To remove crime from society, you really have to tackle its causes.
A: Well, if I were president, I would impose tougher laws and punishment. I would have a peaceful society based on fear of punishment, not consciousness of doing the right thing.
B: You sound like a dictator!
A: Well if it works, why not?
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EllaLiu_RG
1. juvenile offender 少年犯 2. wrongful conviction 冤假错案 3. fabricated 编造的 4. deterrent 威慑 5. impose tougher laws 实施更严厉的法律 6. miscarriages of justice 司法误判 7. in my reckoning 在我看来 8. get away with it 侥幸逃脱
EllaLiu_RG 回复 @EllaLiu_RG:
1. draconian measure 严厉的措施 2. detection rate 破案率 3. bring back 恢复 4. capital punishment=death penalty 死刑 5. prison sentence 监禁,关押 6.tackle cause 解决原因
X_Kristin
1.bring back恢复 2.the death penalty死刑 prison sentences监禁 3.lesser offences juvenile offenders 4.draconian measures严厉的措施 5.deter serious crime/prevent crime 6.divert all your resources into the prison system 7.detect crime检测犯罪 8.in my reckoning=in my opinion
1866752fqut
not the consciousness of doing the right thing, the word consciousness is wrong. should use the word conscience?
1866752fqut 回复 @1866752fqut:
要用法律而不是用良心
聆听好声音_
而且废除死刑就是精英阶层给自己留的一条后路,损害的是社会的整体公平公正!还有西方所谓的人权就是扯淡,死刑犯有人权 那受害者的人权呢?
聆听好声音_
我是不支持废除死刑,让一些恶人得到应有的惩罚,以起到震慑作用. 但我们司法在执行需要证据确凿无翻案无翻供的可能以免冤假错案的发生。