Legal analysts note that Chinese courts look favorably on admissions of guilt during sentencing, a credo summed up in the phrase 'leniency for those who confess; severity for those who resist.'

法律分析人士指出，中国法庭在量刑时会对主动认罪的人宽大处理，其原则归纳起来就是“坦白从宽，抗拒从严”。

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Statements of guilt by the executives may be a tactic aimed at winning sympathy during sentencing, legal analysts said.

法律分析师说，这四位高管承认有罪可能是一种为了在宣判时博得同情的策略。

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If there were less legal sanction against counterfeits, it might diminish those feelings of guilt among consumers.

如果对于仿冒品的打击力度减小了，消费者购买山寨货时就不会那么心存愧疚了。

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Also, fighters who take the pledge vowed not to issue "any executive orders, particularly with regard to death or corporal punishment" and promised to heed the legal system to determine guilt or innocence of people.

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Although there was never much argument about his guilt, the legal proceedings that led to his imprisonment have caused a long debate.

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Kate Clark, at the Afghanistan Analysts Network, reports that in the south-east, the insurgents' quasi-legal structures for establishing the guilt of alleged spies have largely been abandoned in favour of summary executions.

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