万花筒 2012-03-26&03-28 女孩杀父被判无罪

 After four days of contentious¹ deliberations, this jury walked from the courtroom,some hugging the teenage defendant's family, few spoken any detail about their decision.

We just look at the evidence. The evidence is only brought to the decision, a self-defense². Self defense, that's what the girl's attorneys hoped the jury would believe that the then 12 -year girl shot and killed her father after years of physical and sexual abuse. They say she killed him in his sleep with his own gun because she feared he would hurt her again after they had argued.

We both are happy.We are happy for her. That's the girl's step-grandmother.she like most of the girl's family watched most , if not all of the trial, where prosecutors³ claimed the girl only killed her father because she supposedly thought he was too strict.

We are very happy; we are already she wasn't guilty.She wasn't guilty, after the things had happened to her. Her mother says she's been through so much that it is time now to look forward to the future.

It's the god's faith that this is make it turn out the way it did, and we are happy with the decision.

A verdict that left juries in tears.

1 contentious   

adj.好辩的，善争吵的

参考例句：

• She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
• Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。

2 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。