VOA标准英语2013--US Trial to Focus on Race, Guns, Self-Defense
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2013年(六月)
US Trial to Focus on Race, Guns, Self-Defense 1
The shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin sparked protests last year when his killer 2 - an Hispanic man - was not charged.
In a legal reversal 44 days later, George Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder.
Martin was visiting his father’s fiancée - he was wearing a grey hoodie - prompting some to say Zimmerman profiled Martin as a dangerous black man, only on his looks. Zimmerman says Martin attacked him and he fired the gun in self-defense.
Five of the six Zimmerman jurors are white. All are female. Attorney Mark Eiglarsh said, “Women can generally be more emotional, more sympathetic, and that generally would favor the prosecution 3.”
Jennifer Page has been a prosecutor 4, and now is a criminal defense attorney. She said the advantage is with Zimmerman’s defense.
“The fact that he is the only witness is favorable. His position will be, this is what happened, and tragically 5 the person also involved is dead and won’t be able to rebut 6 that. The state on the other hand has had a few problems. Two of their witnesses have been found to be untruthful about things, including Trayvon’s girlfriend,” she said.
Page said the trial won’t set a precedent 7, but it’s noteworthy because it opens more dialogue on two controversial issues in the U.S. - race and guns. The trial is expected to last up to one month.
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
- The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
- The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
- He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
- The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
- Their daughter was tragically killed in a road accident. 他们的女儿不幸死于车祸。
- Her father died tragically in a car crash. 她父亲在一场车祸中惨死。
- He attempted to rebut the assertions made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳控方证人所作的断言。
- This open letter is to rebut the argument of abstractionism.这封公开信是反驳抽象派论点的。