巴西25名警务人员被判刑
英语课
BRASILIA - A Brazilian court sentenced 25 police officers to 624 years in jail on Saturday for the killing 1 of dozens of inmates 2 in the country's bloodiest 3 prison riot in which 111 people died two decades ago.
Military police stormed Sao Paulo's Carandiru prison in 1992 to quell 4 a riot sparked by a fight between two rival gangs that started with a quarrel during a soccer game.
The revolt ended in a massacre 5 that exposed the harsh conditions of prisons in Brazil and the rest of Latin America. It became the subject of a 2003 hit film.
The court said in a statement the police officers were found guilty of the murder of 52 inmates, but will allow them to appeal the decision while still free.
Prosecutors 6 said the officers, who belong to the elite 7 unit of the military police in Sao Paulo, fired more than 300 rounds at the inmates during the riot.
The sentencing on Saturday is the latest in a series of separate trails of police officers accused of executing inmates during the 1992 massacre.
In April, a court sentenced a separate group of 23 police officers to 156 years in prison for their part in killing 13 inmates during the same massacre.
More police officers are also accused of killings 8 and are expected to go on trial later this year.
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )
- One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.血污的( bloody的最高级 )；流血的；屠杀的；残忍的
- The Russians were going to suffer their bloodiest defeat of all before Berlin. 俄国人在柏林城下要遭到他们的最惨重的失败。 来自辞典例句
- It was perhaps the bloodiest hour in the history of warfare. 这也许是战争史上血腥味最浓的1个小时。 来自互联网
v.压制，平息，减轻
- Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.士兵们被派去平息骚乱。
- The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动。
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的
- The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
- We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。