Twelve is traditionally the number in a criminal case.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

And there was, several years ago, a very serious criminal case that rested on a sentence.

多年前的一桩刑事重案,就是依据一句话来定案

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Now,a judgment has been reached in the first case involving charges of criminal wrongdoing on Wall Street.

VOA: special.2009.11.20