The judge sentenced them to three years in prison, but suspended the sentence.

法官判他们的有期徒刑三年，但缓刑。

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The sentence was suspended last month, but her fate looks dicey.

判决于上月实行暂缓，然而她的命运看起来却是未知的。

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But we cannot merely satisfy the present effect of suspended death sentence system which is certain away from our goal of fully using the suspended death sentence.

但我们不能仅仅满足于死缓制度的现行效果，这距离我们充分利用死缓的目的还存在一定的差距。

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Judge Shaw said that the case did pass the custody threshold, but the sentence would be suspended for a year.

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