| A | B |
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| penalty | NOUN - a punishment for not obeying a law, rule, or legal agreement |
| prevent | VERB - to stop something from happening before it can happen |
| guilty | ADJ - having done something that is a crime |
| prohibited | ADJ - not allowed or permitted by the law |
| support | VERB - agree with a person, idea, or plan and try to help it succeed |
| discourage | VERB - to try to make someone less confident or less interested in doing something |
| survey | N/V - a set of questions you ask many people to find out about their opinions or behaviors |
| opponent | NOUN - someone who disagrees with a person, plan, or idea |
| argue | VERB - disagree with someone by talking or shouting |
| controversial | ADJ - causing a lot of disagreement because people have strong opinions about it |
| commit a crime | to do something wrong or illegal |
| capital punishment | another name for the death penalty |
| allow | permit |
| fair | reasonable and acceptable |
| execute | kill someone, especially as punishment for a crime |
| costly | expensive |
| revenge | something you do to punish someone who has harmed or offended you |
| racism | unfair treatment of people because they belong to a different race than you |
| human rights | the basic rights of every person to be treated in a fair, equal way without cruelty |
| abolish | officially end a law or system |
| chance | possibility |
| jury | a group of 12 people chosen to listen to a court case and decide if someone is guilty |
| convict | to prove or announce that someone is guilty of a crime |
| wrongly | unfairly or incorrectly |
| innocent | opposite of guilty |
| death row | the part of a prison where prisoners are kept while they wait to be killed |
| evidence | facts, signs, or objects that make you believe that something is true |
| death penalty | the legal punishment of being killed for a serious crime |
