He intended to appeal for (a) commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment.

他打算上诉请求将死刑减为考无期徒刑。

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The rest is just my attempt to bring that sentence to life - to show why it's meaningful to me.

剩下的是些我试图带进生命中句子—昭示着生命的意义。

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His original death sentence was commuted to life in prison.

他原本的死刑被减成终身监禁。

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I don't want to be told that I could sit here for the rest of my life just sort of parsing one sentence. Don't tell me about that.

我可不想坐在这里学一辈子,就为了解读一个句子的意思，千万别这么告诉我。

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It nonetheless hastily convened a mercy commission, which commuted the sentence to life imprisonment.

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The death sentence was confirmed on Wednesday for Ali al-Taweel, and the sentence to life imprisonment for Ali Shamlo.

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India's Supreme Court has rejected a petition by a death row prisoner to commute his sentence to life in jail.

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