VOA慢速英语2016 仇恨犯罪少年白人杀手被判有罪
时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:2016年VOA慢速英语(十二)月
US Jury 1 Finds Dylann Roof Guilty of Hate Crimes in Church Shooting 仇恨犯罪少年白人杀手被判有罪
A federal jury in the United States has Dylann Roof guilty of killing 2 nine people at a South Carolina church in June 2015.
美国某联邦法院陪审团判定,曾于2015年6月在南卡罗来纳州教堂致9人死亡的迪兰?鲁夫(Dylann Roof)有罪。
The white supremacist was found guilty of 33 charges, including nine hate crimes resulting in death and three hate crimes in an attempt to kill.
崇尚白人至上主义的迪兰鲁夫(Dylann Roof)犯有33项罪名,其中包括致9人死亡的仇恨犯罪以及3宗仇恨犯罪杀人未遂的罪名。
Government lawyers said the 22-year-old Roof targeted the black church members during a Bible study meeting. The prosecutors 4 said Roof waited until the church members closed their eyes to pray before shooting them. They called the shooter hateful and cowardly.
政府律师称,22岁的鲁夫将其目标锁定在参加教会读经聚会的黑人教友身上。检察官说,鲁夫等到这些黑人教友闭上眼睛祈祷后再枪杀他们。陪审团认为鲁夫行为卑鄙恶劣。
Three people survived the shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church.
仅有3人逃过了艾伦非裔卫理公会主教派教堂的枪杀。
The trial lasted a week. Jurors announced their decision after discussing the case for just two hours. The same jurors will return to the court in early January to decide if Roof should be executed or sentenced to life in prison.
审判为期一周。陪审员在讨论了仅2小时候就宣布了决定。同一班陪审团人马会在一月初再次开庭,决定鲁夫是判死刑还是终身监禁。
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supremacist - n. a person who believes that one group of people is better than all other groups and should have control over them?
prosecutor 3 -? n. a lawyer who represents the side in a court case that accuses a person of a crime and who tries to prove that the person is guilty?
cowardly -? adv. afraid in a way that makes you unable to do what is right or expected; lacking courage
- These twelve men are believed to compose the jury.据信,陪审团是由这12人组成的。
- The members of the jury were discharged from their duties.陪审员们被解除了职务。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。