US rapper guilty of killing fan 美国说唱歌手因射杀粉丝获罪_社会生活

US rapper guilty of killing fan 美国说唱歌手因射杀粉丝获罪

文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2009-08-12 01:57 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Rapper C-Murder has been convicted of second-degree murder for the 2002 shooting of a teenage fan in Louisiana, at his second trial in the killing¹.

说唱歌手C-Murder因2002年在路易斯安那州射杀一个少年粉丝在二次庭审中被判二级谋杀。

C-Murder released his last album, Screamin' 4 Vengeance², in 2007

The jury returned a 10-2 verdict on the second day of deliberations（熟虑，协议）.

The rapper - real name Corey Miller³ - was jailed for life in 2003, but won a retrial over witness testimony⁴. He faces a mandatory⁵（命令的，强制性的） life sentence.

The 16-year-old fan, Steven Thomas, was shot outside a nightclub, where he had taken part in a rapping contest.

"I'm not rejoicing," George Thomas, the boy's father, was quoted as saying by AP news agency.

"I feel bad for [Miller's] family. But at least they can see him. What have we got but a gravesite and a photograph," he added.

The 38-year-old musician's lawyer declined（降低，婉谢） to comment. His family has vowed⁶ to fight the latest conviction over the shooting in Harvey, Louisiana.

A district judge ordered Miller's retrial in 2004 on the grounds that prosecution⁷ witnesses had failed to disclose their criminal history.

Miller has been in jail since May, after pleading no contest to two counts of attempted murder in a separate Baton⁸ Rouge⁹ nightclub altercation¹⁰ in 2001. He is due to be sentenced later this month in that case.

His last album, Screamin' 4 Vengeance, was released in 2007.

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1 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 vengeance
n.报复，报仇，复仇
参考例句：
He swore vengeance against the men who murdered his father.他发誓要向那些杀害他父亲的人报仇。 For years he brooded vengeance.多年来他一直在盘算报仇。

3 miller
n.磨坊主
参考例句：
Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。 The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

4 testimony
n.证词；见证，证明
参考例句：
The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。 He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

5 mandatory
adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者
参考例句：
It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。 There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。

6 vowed
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。 I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

7 prosecution
n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营
参考例句：
The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。 He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

8 baton
n.乐队用指挥杖
参考例句：
With the baton the conductor was beating time.乐队指挥用指挥棒打拍子。 The conductor waved his baton,and the band started up.指挥挥动指挥棒，乐队开始演奏起来。

9 rouge
n.胭脂，口红唇膏；v.(在…上)擦口红
参考例句：
Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂，使脸更漂亮。 She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮，不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。

10 altercation
n.争吵，争论
参考例句：
Throughout the entire altercation,not one sensible word was uttered.争了半天，没有一句话是切合实际的。 The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.男孩子们对裁判的判决颇有争议。

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