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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?
目前美国有36个州允许对谋杀等严重犯罪处以死刑。美国人一直为死刑判罚争论不休。现在重要的问题是：处决罪犯是否应该有最小年龄限制？换句话说，不满18岁的未成年人犯谋杀罪是否要被处以死刑？
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.
世界上大部分国家的未成年人判罚中都不包括死刑。但是在美国，每个州可以自行决定。美国36个州中有30个州允许对未成年人处以死刑。在南卡罗来纳州，一名未成年人因犯谋杀罪被处以死刑。
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岁的詹姆斯·特瑞·罗奇和两个朋友残忍地杀害了三个人。罗奇的律师反对死刑判决。他的律师向州长提出上诉，上诉的10年时间里这名年轻的谋杀犯被关在死囚牢房里。律师认为，因未成年时犯下的罪行而被处以死刑是错误的。美国各州州长有权将死刑判罚改为终身监禁。但是，南卡罗来纳州州长拒绝阻止死刑。罗奇最终在1986年被执行死刑。
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
问题23到问题25依据你刚刚听到的短文进行提问。
Question 23. What does the speaker say about the death penalty in the United States?
问题23. 说话者介绍了美国死刑判罚的什么情况？
Question 24. What is the focus of the debate around the death penalty?
问题24. 围绕死刑判罚的争论焦点是什么？
Question 25. What does the speaker say about James Terry Roach?
问题25. 说话者描述了詹姆斯·特瑞·罗奇的什么情况？
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