Within the traditional system of five punishments, banishment was a severe sentence second only to a sentence of death.

在传统的五刑制中，流刑处于降死一等的重刑地位。

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Possessing "antistate" material and listening to foreign broadcasts were crimes that could subject the transgressor to harsh punishments, including up to five years of labor reeducation.

拥有“反国家”的材料和收听外国广播是足以让当事人受到严厉惩罚的犯罪，所受惩罚包括最高5年的劳动改造。

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After all, the defendants associated with Muslim Brotherhood fronts like the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) would assuredly have tried to use their close ties with government officials and agencies to avoid the convictions and punishments meted out to the first five Holy Land conspirators.

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