俄亥俄州杀人犯以精神错乱为由拒不认罪_社会生活

俄亥俄州杀人犯以精神错乱为由拒不认罪

文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2009-12-04 01:36 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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A US man charged with 11 murders after the remains¹ of 10 bodies and a skull² were found in his Ohio home has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity³.

美国俄亥俄州一名男子家中发现10具尸体和一块颅骨，他因此被指控谋杀11人，但是他以精神错乱为名拒绝认罪。

Anthony Sowell is being investigated for involvement in other cases

Assistant prosecutor⁴（助理检察官） Rick Bombik told local news media that he thought Anthony Sowell would have a difficult time proving he was insane（精神错乱的）.

"Under Ohio law you have to be able to prove you do not know right from wrong," he said.

If found guilty, Mr Sowell could face the death penalty.

The 50-year-old appeared in court via a video link from prison on Thursday. Judge Eileen Gallagher ordered he be held without bail⁵.

A pre-trial hearing（审前听证） has been set for 7 December.

The former US marine⁶ is also charged with kidnapping, rape⁷ and abusing a corpse⁸（尸体）, among other indictments（起诉，控告）.

Investigators⁹ are examining whether he may also be connected to unsolved killings¹⁰ elsewhere.

On Wednesday, FBI agents carried out a search of a house Mr Sowell had lived at in the 1980s before being sent to prison for 15 years for attempted rape. No bodies were found.

The investigation¹¹ into Mr Sowell began after a complaint to police by a 36-year-old who said she was attacked by him.

Police found the remains of 10 women on his property and a separate skull. Most of the victims appear to have been poor black women with drug addictions¹². The coroner said most of them were strangled（勒死，使窒息）.

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1 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 skull
n.头骨；颅骨
参考例句：
The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。 He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

3 insanity
n.疯狂，精神错乱；极端的愚蠢，荒唐
参考例句：
In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.他伪称一时精神错乱，为自己辩解。 He remained in his cell,and this visit only increased the belief in his insanity.他依旧还是住在他的地牢里，这次视察只是更加使人相信他是个疯子了。

4 prosecutor
n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人
参考例句：
The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。 The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

5 bail
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
参考例句：
One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。 She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

6 marine
adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵
参考例句：
Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。 When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

7 rape
n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸
参考例句：
The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。 He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

8 corpse
n.尸体，死尸
参考例句：
What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。 The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。

9 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

10 killings
谋杀( killing的名词复数 )；突然发大财，暴发
参考例句：
His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。 The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

11 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

12 addictions
瘾( addiction的名词复数 )；吸毒成瘾；沉溺；癖好
参考例句：
He has removed the stigma of drug addictions. 他已经洗去吸毒的污点了。 Intelligent people are good at using reason to control excessive addictions. 智慧的人善于用理性来控制过度的嗜欲。

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