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[CNN/Voca] Louisiana Supreme Court upholds Black man's life sentence for stealing hedge clippers more than 20 years ago

Sujin Lee (Daisy) 2020. 8. 8. 02:06

 

원문: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/06/us/louisiana-supreme-court-trnd/index.html

 

Louisiana Supreme Court upholds Black man's life sentence for stealing hedge clippers more than 20 years ago

A Black Louisiana man will spend the rest of his life in prison for stealing hedge clippers, after the Louisiana Supreme Court denied his request to have his sentence overturned last week.

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 - uphold : (법,원칙 등을) 유지시키다. (이전의 판결을) 확인하다. 
 - hedge clippers : 정원에서 나무 손질할 때 쓰는 원예용 가위. 
 - convicted  : 유죄로 결정된
 - convict : 유죄를 선고하다. 유죄 판결을 내리다.  
 - burglary [|bɜːrɡləri]  : 절도. 
 - contend : (특히 언쟁 중에) 주장하다
   --> contention : 1.논쟁, 언쟁 (=dispute) 2. 주장
 - unconstitutionally : 위헌적으로 
 - dissenter : 반대자 
   <--- dissent : (공식적으로 인정되는 것에 대한) 반대, 반대하다. 
 - offense : 1. 위법행위, 범죄 2. 모욕
 - defendant : 피고. (소송을 당한 사람)  = the accused 
   <---> 원고 (소송을 제기한 사람) : plaintiff, complainant
 - forgery : 위조된. 위조된 물건.
    ex) forgery of a check worth $150 : $150짜리 위조수표 

    ex) forged check : 위조수표 
 - manifestation : (어떤 것이 존재하거나 일어나고 있음을 보여주는) 징후. 나타남. 
   <-- manifest : 1. 나타내다 (=demonstrate) 2. 나타나다, 분명해지다 (=appear)
 - "Pig Laws" : unfairly penalized poor African Americans for crimes. 
 - emancipated : 해방된. 자유인의. 
   ex) 'Pig Laws' criminalized recently emancipated African American citizens by introducing extreme sentences for petty theft associated with poverty.

 - abstain : 기권하다 

 - appellate : 항소의. 상고의. ex) appellate attorney : 항소(를 맡은) 변호사. 

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