In murder cases, the victim's family can spare convicts the death penalty.

在谋杀案判决中，死者家属有权赦免罪犯的死罪。

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The other convicts in this eastern Belgian prison turn to look.

在这座东部比利时监狱的其他罪犯，都在转头探望。

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The prisoners were credited with saving the guard's life, but for all their heroism, the convicts received nothing but congratulatory letters from the sheriff's department.

这些罪犯因为救了狱监的命而被表扬，但是他们的英雄行为，只换来了治安官的表扬信而已。

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Twelve of the convicts were given the death penalty and 20 others were sentenced to life imprisonment.

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His ancestors included a superintendent of convicts at the penal colony there as well as a mayor of Sydney.

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Sydney, Australia's oldest city, founded by British convicts in the late 18th century, has always prized its more colourful criminals.

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