VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: An artist's drawing shows a lawyer giving his closing arguments to the jury during a federal court case in Washington, D.C. in 2007. And I'm Barbara Klein. Thi

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Cherise: Rise and shine! Isnt it a lovely day? I love getting back to nature. Theres nothing like going camping. How did you sleep? Evan: That was the most miserable night of my life! Cherise: Really? What happened? Evan: I woke up in the middle of t

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The paper suggests that when capital punishment was an option, juries were often reluctant to convict at all. 文章表明,当罪犯有可能判死罪时,陪审团通常根本不愿意做出定罪裁决。 They may have felt it was a little rum t

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