If the immediate execution of a criminal punishable by death is not deemed necessary, a two-year suspension of execution may be pronounced simultaneously with the imposition of the death sentence.

对于应当判处死刑的犯罪分子，如果不是必须立即执行的，可以判处死刑同时宣告缓期二年执行。

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The law, approved by voters in 1994, requires a double sentence for offenders with one previous criminal conviction and 25 years-to-life for those with two previous strikes.

1994年被公投通过，这项法律要求对再犯者进行双倍判刑，对第三次犯罪者施以25年至终身的监禁。

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The unit mad the decision basing "the Punishment Ordinance for Civil Servant Working Administrative Organ clause 17: “if a civil is sentence criminal penalty the civil servant should be dismissed.

其依据的是《行政机关公务员处分条例》第17条：“行政机关公务员依法被判处刑罚的，给予开除处分。”

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McNeill appealed the length of his sentence at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh.

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Mr Justice Paul Butler told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin that the court would sentence father-of-one Maguire to nine years with six years suspended, having regard to evidence that the defendant was a "vulnerable and biddable" character.

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The main purpose of a criminal sentence is to protect society from further crime by giving offenders a chance to learn from their mistakes, develop socially responsible behaviour and be able to live a crime-free life after their release from prison.

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