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[单项选择]Sometimes opponents of capital punishment horrify with tales of lingering death on the gallows, of faulty electric chairs, or of agony in the gas chamber. Partly in response to such protests, several states such as North Carolina and Texas switched to execution by lethal injection. The condemned person is put to death painlessly, without ropes, voltage, bullets, or gas. Did this answer the objections of death penalty opponents Of course not. On June 22, 1984, The New York Times published an editorial that sarcastically attacked the new "hygienic" method of death by injection, and stated that "execution can never be made humane through science." So it’s not the method that really troubles opponents. It’s the death itself they consider barbaric.
Admittedly, capital punishment is not a pleasant topic. However, one does not have to like the death penalty in order to support it any more than one must like radical surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy in order to find necessary these atte
A. No one was ever executed there later on.
B. The criminal there was put to death in the gas chamber instead.
C. Life of the condemned person there was terminated with a shot of drug.
D. The murderer there was punished with life imprisonment instea
[填空题]Laws concerning discrimination, capital punishment, sexual behavior, and the conditions under which individuals may be held _______ (依法为…负责) their actions are influenced by psychological theories and research.
[填空题]Martin
The great thing about capital punishment is that fear of death deters people from committing crimes. Besides, it ensures that those who are really dangerous will neither repeat their crimes nor pass on undesirable hereditary traits to their children. In this way it protects society from many dangerous happenings.
Lynn
But any fear of the death penalty is greatly reduced by the decrease in the number of jurisdictions using it, by the uncertainty of detection, the long delays in court procedures, the decline in the number of executions, and by the nonpublic nature of executions. Statistical studies indicate that the use of the death penalty has no significant effect on either the frequency of capital crimes or the safety of law-enforcement officers.
Kent
By attaching this penalty to certain crimes, the law exerts a positive moral influence in the educational process. By strongly stigmatizing these acts, the law helps to develop attitudes of disgust and even horror
[单项选择]Capital punishment was (abolished) some years ago in some states of the U. S.
A. created
B. decorated
C. improved
D. eliminated
[简答题]If capital punishment were carried out more it would prove to be the crime deterrent it was partly intended to be．
[简答题]Do you argue for or against capital punishment List three of your arguments．
[单项选择]The news will horrify everyone.
A. attract
B. terrify
C. tempt
D. excite
[填空题]A ______ (horrify) scream was heard at the dark midnight.
