The court's ruling is legally sound in defining a kind of favoritism that is not criminal.

法院的裁决定义了一种不构成犯罪的偏袒，这在法律上是合理的。

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Both the emergence of the criminal behaviour per se and the rules on crime stipulated by the ruling class are decided by the conditions of material life of the society.

无论是犯罪行为自身的产生或统治阶级对犯罪的规定，都是由社会的物质生活条件所决定的。

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To this day chaebol families are more admired for their economic contribution than reviled for their criminal propensities, which are often viewed as the foibles of a ruling aristocracy.

直到今天，财阀家族还因他们的经济贡献而受到尊敬。这远远胜过他们的流氓习气受到的非难，这些常常被视为统治的高层们的缺点。

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Al-Zaidi's lawyer, Dhiaa al-Saadi, said the appeals court announced its decision to reduce the sentence Monday, after lawyers appealed the criminal court ruling.

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If a doctor is acquitted of a criminal charge, the GMC accepts the court's ruling on the criminal matters - although it can launch its own investigation if evidence of other serious professional misconduct is uncovered during the trial.

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Thursday's ruling overturned the criminal convictions of Mr Taylor and Continental and quashed the 200, 000-euro fine.

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