a roll of the dice, a flip of the cards

純粹被機率定論...

I don't think

我不認為

life should be in somebody's hands

人生應由別人掌握

in a government's hands

掌握在政府手中

that can take that away

並任人擺佈

My name is Ray Krone

我叫Ray Krone

and I'm the Director of Communication and Training

我是Witness to Innocence的

with Witness to Innocence.

溝通與訓練組長

Back in 1992 I was arrested for the murder of a barmaid

在1992年，我被控謀殺一名亞利桑那州鳳凰郡的酒吧侍女

in Phoenix, Arizona, convicted solely

而遭到逮捕，僅因一個咬痕作為證據

on bite-mark evidence, sent to death row.

而被定罪，列為死刑名單

And finally in 2002 we had DNA evidence that matched

而到了2002年，才發現DNA證據

another man

與另一名男子相符

and I was subsequently released. And he was arrested

也因此，我被釋放了。那個男人則被以謀殺逮捕

for the murder I spent

以一個讓我在監獄裡

10 years, 3 months and 8 days in prison for.

待了10年3個月又8天的謀殺罪名逮捕。

A lot of time I start out with actually saying

我經常以這段話開頭：

I used to support the death penalty. I wasn't

我曾經是支持死刑的。我不是那種說

Ra Ra Ra, Kill 'em all, but

「呃啊！把他們都殺了吧！」的人，但

from where I came from it just seemed acceptable

過去的我確實可以接受死刑

because it was something on television, it was something in the news

因為那彷彿只會出現在電視或新聞中，事不關己

it didn't touch, affect our lives

完全事不關己

It was for the worst of the worst. And I was one of those

那是最糟最糟的情況。我是其中一個

portrayed as a monster

被描繪為禽獸的人

I was the one that they read about in the paper

我是他們在報紙裡或電視裡

or seen on television.

看到的人

That's the person sentenced to death ...

是被判處死刑的人

he's a monster, kill him.

他是個禽獸，殺了他

For those of us who were sent to death row wrongfully, that were innocent

對我們這些 被冤判死刑的人而言，對這些無辜的人而言

we didn't know where it was gonna end

我們不知道這一切會演變到什麼程度

we didn't know when we were gonna get out.

我們不知道什麼時候可以脫身

And it wasn't just us, it was our families who were there with us.

甚至不只是對我們而言，陪伴我們的家人們也經歷這一切

We didn't know how it was gonna end. We're just fortunate to be able now

我們不知道結局維和。我們不過是幸運了點，

to come out now and tell that story.

能夠脫身，並述說自己的故事

What Witness is dedicated to is

Witness致力於

abolishment of the death penalty through wrongful conviction

消滅冤案的死刑

and exonerees telling their stories to the public and to

並讓這些遭到誤判的過來人，把自己的故事告訴群眾以及立法者

legislatures in hopes of change, and enlightenment in realizing that our system gets it wrong

希望可以帶來改變，讓人們開始反思我們制度上的缺陷

and we can't have a penalty that's not reversible.

並了解到 我們不能實行不可挽回的刑罰

There's so many moving moments that happen when you go and speak with the public. I was

與群眾對話時，有太多太多感人的時刻。有一次，我在

speaking at a law school nearby and afterwards

附近一個法學院演說結束後

a person came up and said, you probably don't remember me

某個人走過來說：「你大概不認得我

but you spoke to my high school class a few years ago.

但你幾年前曾到我們高中演講

It's because of you I went to law school and I want to be a defense

正是因為那場演說，我選擇進入法學院，希望可以當一個辯護律師

attorney so I can protect

以保護

more Ray Krones that are out there.

更多跟Ray Krones一樣的人

Before Ray

在Ray

was arrested

被逮捕

and convicted, and sentenced to death, I'd never thought about the death penalty.

被定罪、被判死刑之前，我從來沒有仔細想過死刑這件事

I didn't care about the death penalty, whether they had it or not.

曾經，我不在乎死刑，不論實行與否

It didn't matter to me.

死刑對我並不重要

Now since I've seen what

如今，我見識到了

can happen, and how close

後果的嚴重性，悲劇

a tragedy can occur

一觸即發

with the legal system the way it is now

在如今的司法體系之下

I am definitely against the death penalty.

我堅決反對死刑

And the possibility of the errors that can be made. We're very fortunate to

以及所有可能的誤判。我們非常幸運

have the support from Atlantic Philanthropies. That

可以得到Atlantic Philanthropies的支持。他們贊助的

funding that they've given us has allowed us to continue

資金讓我們得以繼續

in our ability to speak and bring about public awareness

盡我們的力量，去演說、喚醒公共意識

and of course legislative change

當然也包括法律的修訂

which of course resulted in the abolishment of the death penalty

目前，紐澤西、新墨西哥和伊利諾州已廢除死刑

in New Jersey, New Mexico, and Illinois. The death penalty must be abolished.

死刑應當被廢除

The finality of the sentence, the finality of taking of a life

判決的決定性、剝奪生命的決定性

leaves no room for error. But we get it wrong, we make mistakes.

讓誤判沒有存在的餘地。但人會有誤解的時候，我們必定會誤判

There should be no punishment

這社會不應該有任何

that you can't reverse later on. Say I'm sorry I made a mistake. We were wrong.

事後無法挽回的懲罰。例如我為自己犯的錯感到抱歉，我們過去是錯的

Because we are human, our justice system is human.

因為我們是人類，整個司法體系也是人為

They make mistakes, they get it wrong. Executing an innocent person has

他們也會犯錯，也會誤解。我們極有可能處死一名

most likely happened and will continue to happen until we do away with the death penalty.

無辜的人，而在我們廢除死刑之前，這必定層出不窮。