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In the United States, 36 states currently allow capital punishment for serious crimes such as murder. Americans have always argued about the death penalty. Today, there is a serious question about this issue: Should there be a minimum age limit for executing criminals? In other words, is it right for convicted murderers who kill when they are minors — that is, under the age of 18 — to receive the death penalty?
目前美國有36個州允許對謀殺等嚴重犯罪處以死刑。美國人一直為死刑判罰爭論不休。現在重要的問題是：處決罪犯是否應該有最小年齡限制？換句話說，不滿18歲的未成年人犯謀殺罪是否要被處以死刑？
In most other countries of the world, there is no capital punishment for minors. In the United States, though, each state makes its own decision. Of the 36 states that allow the death penalty, 30 permit the execution of minors. In the state of South Carolina, a convicted murderer was given the death penalty for a crime he committed while he was a minor.
世界上大部分國家的未成年人判罰中都不包括死刑。但是在美國，每個州可以自行決定。美國36個州中有30個州允許對未成年人處以死刑。在南卡羅來納州，一名未成年人因犯謀殺罪被處以死刑。
In 1977, when he was 17 years old, James Terry Roach and two friends cruelly murdered three people. Roach's lawyer fought the decision to execute him. The young murderer remained on Death Row for ten years while his lawyer appealed to the governor. The lawyer argued that it is wrong to execute a person for a crime he committed while he was a minor. In the United States, the governor of a state has the power to change a sentence from the death penalty to life in prison. Nonetheless, the governor of South Carolina refused to stop the execution. Roach was finally executed in 1986.
1977年，17歲的詹姆斯·特瑞·羅奇和兩個朋友殘忍地殺害了三個人。羅奇的律師反對死刑判決。他的律師向州長提出上訴，上訴的10年時間里這名年輕的謀殺犯被關在死囚牢房里。律師認為，因未成年時犯下的罪行而被處以死刑是錯誤的。美國各州州長有權將死刑判罰改為終身監禁。但是，南卡羅來納州州長拒絕阻止死刑。羅奇最終在1986年被執行死刑。
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題23到問題25依據你剛剛聽到的短文進行提問。
Question 23. What does the speaker say about the death penalty in the United States?
問題23. 說話者介紹了美國死刑判罰的什么情況？
Question 24. What is the focus of the debate around the death penalty?
問題24. 圍繞死刑判罰的爭論焦點是什么？
Question 25. What does the speaker say about James Terry Roach?
問題25. 說話者描述了詹姆斯·特瑞·羅奇的什么情況？
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