Thus, to impose a punishment for a preparation that lacks performance must result in a subjective incrimination that is against the principle of " No crime or penalty without a law authorizing it."

原则上处罚预备行为反映了刑罚权在发动时间上的过早提前，仅通过总则的规定处罚缺乏实行行为的预备犯违反了罪刑法定原则，导致了事实上的主观归罪。

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In fact, when you break a rule or law, you lose control over your life and give others the power to impose punishment that you have no control over.

事实上，当你违反了一个规则或法律，你就失去了对你的生活的控制，并给予别人施加于你惩罚的权力，这种惩罚是你无法控制的。

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To impose penalties is a kind of administrative punishment rather than simply a kind of administrative management.

罚款既是一种行政管理办法，更是一种行政制裁手段。

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Last week it emerged that the Football League could still impose a punishment if a significant proportion of the football club's debt was wiped out by its parent company entering administration.

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What this means is rather than trying to catch every cheater you randomly sample for cheating and if you find incontrovertible proof then you impose a punishment so viciously harsh that fear of it deters all possible cheaters.

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Having regard to the awful circumstances of this crime, together with the two other offences on this indictment of which you have been convicted, and also to your record of previous convictions which includes serious sexual offences, I impose a punishment part of 21 years.

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