We hope there never is such a person, but the sentence is grammatical, well-formed, and easily understood.

我们绝不希望有这种人，但是，这句话语法正确，结构标准，且易于理解。

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The former carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison; the latter charge is considered minor but the sentence was unclear.

前者要至多会判3年；而后者刑期可能少些，但是判决结果并不明朗。

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Manson was initially sentenced to die for his crimes but the sentence was commuted to life in prison after California courts abolished the death penalty.

曼森一开始被判了死刑，但是由于加州法院已经废除了死刑，所以改判成无期徒刑。

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But in the United States, the main idea of each paragraph should be in the first sentence.

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Con Markievicz was the only surviving leader of the Easter Rising, condemned to death, but then her sentence was transmuted.

马克维其是复活节起义唯一,幸存的领袖，被判了死刑，但后来判决又改变了。

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The first sentence of your passage: "There is no art but one delivered to mankind that hath not the works of nature for his principal object."

你们篇子上的第一句话：，“只有一种艺术,当它传播到人间时,不带有自然的痕迹“

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He was convicted of murdering a farmer and a policeman in 1989, but the sentence was overturned on appeal.

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Second, I understand the words of the very next sentence, but the sentence itself really makes no sense to me.

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Judge Shaw said that the case did pass the custody threshold, but the sentence would be suspended for a year.

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