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  3. Read the following paragraphs in which five people talk about the death penalty. For questions 61 to63, match the name of each s

Read the following paragraphs in which five people talk about the death penalty. For questions 61 to63, match the name of each s

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问题    Read the following paragraphs in which five people talk about the death penalty. For questions 61 to63, match the name of each speaker (61 to 65 ) to one of the statements ( A to G) given below. Mark your answers on your ANSWER ,SHEET 1.
Charles Garfield:
   Even if the death penalty punishes some while sparing others, it does not follow that everyone should be spared. The guilty should still be punished appropriately, even if some do escape proper punishment unfairly.  The death penalty should apply to killers of black people as well as to killers of whites. High paid, skillful lawyers should not be able to get some defendants off on technicalities. The existence of some systemic problems is no reason to abandon the whole death penalty system.
Clement Jimmy:
   With respect to race, studies have repeatedly shown that a death sentence is far more likely where a white person is murdered than where a black person is murdered. The death penalty is racially divisive because it appears to count white lives as more valuable than black lives. Since the death penalty was restored in 1976,202 black defendants have been executed for the murder of a white victim, while only 12 white defendants have been executed for the murder of a black victim.
Gardner Dolores:
   It is not based on any principle when someone in one county or state receives the death penalty, but someone who commits a comparable crime in another county or state is given a life sentence. Prosecutors have enormous authority about when to seek the death penalty anti when to settle for a plea bargain. Often those who can only afford a minimal defense are selected for the death penalty. Until race and other arbitrary factors, like economics and geography, can be eliminated as a determinant of who lives and who dies, the death penalty must not be used.
Harley Jerry:
   Almost all defendants facing the death penalty are very poor so in most cases they cannot afford their own attorney. Hence, they are dependent on the quality of the lawyers assigned by the state, many of whom lack experience in dealing with capital cases or are so underpaid that they fail to investigate the case properly.  A poorly represented defendant is much more likely to be convicted and given a death sentence.
Herbert Leonard:
   The death penalty alone imposes an unchangeable sentence. Once a prisoner is executed, nothing can be done to make improvements if a mistake has been made. There is considerable evidence that many mistakes have been made in sentencing people to death. Since 1973, at least 121 people have been released from death row after evidence of their innocence emerged. These statistics represent an intolerable risk of executing the innocent.
   Now match each of the men (61 to 65 ) to the appropriate statement.
   Note: there are two extra statements.
                                 Statements
[A] Death penalty should not be used because poor defendant can not pay a good lawyer.
[B] Death penalty should not be applied because of the possibility of a wrong court judgment.
[C] Death penalty should not be applied because of civilization.
[D] Death penalty should not be applied because racial discrimination still exists.
[E] Death penalty should not be used because of lack of objective standards in court judgment.
[F] Death penalty should not be abandoned even if problems exist.
[G] Death penalty should not be used because of humanity.
Gardner Dolores
选项
答案E
解析 从Gardner Dolores说的第一句It is not based on any principle when someone in one county or state receives the death penalty，but someone who commits a comparable crime in another county or state is given a life sentence．和最后一句话Until race and other arbitrary factors，like economics and geography，can be eliminated as a determinant of who lives and who dies，the death penalty must not be used．可以看出他的观点：各州对死刑衡量的客观标准不统一，且有其他因素干扰，因此应该取消死刑。
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