Capital punishment is sometimes termed a necessary evil.

刑有被称为“必要之恶”。

I wouldn't think they would ask for capital punishment.

我想他们不至于刑。

The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences, but they would certainly cost the tax payers much money.

长期监禁是替代刑的个方式，但是这会使纳税人出更多的钱。

The number is a lot lower than the 98 executions that took place in 1999, when American capital punishment peaked.

这数字远低于1999年的98人的峰值 。

He calls capital punishment an archaic practice that the United States inherited from a country that has now abandoned it.

他表示刑是美国从个早已取消该刑法的国家继承的过做法。

Grant looked startled. " Capital punishment, you mean" ?

格兰特看起来很吃惊。“刑，是说” ？

Do you believe we should have capital punishment altogether?

认为我们应该完全处以刑吗？

We are working at capital punishment.

我们正在致力于刑。

Corporal punishment and capital punishment tend to be more approved of.

体罚和刑往往更受认可。

Listen, I think capital punishment is, it's about time it came back.

听着，我认为刑是，是归了。

The United States also has a unique form of capital punishment – the electric chair.

美国还有种独特的刑形式——电椅。

So for example, capital punishment is one of those deterrence.

例如，刑就是其中种威慑。

Evidence that capital punishment deters crime is pretty thin.

【thin，thinness】极刑能制止犯罪的论据不能令人信服。

If you've already put innocent people to death You'd only use capital punishment.

如果已经把无辜的人置于地，只会使用刑。

And I learned that historically, capital punishment has been disproportionately applied to people of color.

我了解到，从历史上看，刑被不成比例地适用于有色人种。

The girl decided to save him, when she heard of his capital punishment.

女孩听说了他的刑准备救他。

Cicero however had to be put on trial since Roman Law specifically forbade extrajudicial capital punishment.

然而，由于罗马法明确禁止法外刑，西塞罗必须接受审。

In fact, because of so many botched hangings, there was talk over the years about ending capital punishment altogether.

事实上，由于有这么多拙劣的绞刑，多年来直在谈论完全废除刑。

As a lawyer, he took an active interest in reforms to New York's criminal laws which limited capital punishment and abolished whipping.

作为名律师，他积极参与纽约刑法改革，限制刑并废除鞭打。

We're talking about capital punishment so if you've never heard that phrase before you might have heard another name for this topic.

我们谈论的是刑，所以如果您之前从未听说过这个词，您可能已经听说过该主题的另个名称。