It must be clearly understood that those bland words amount in many cases to a sentence of death.

应该清楚地认识那温和的几句话在许多情况下就等于是说判了死刑。

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Within the traditional system of five punishments, banishment was a severe sentence second only to a sentence of death.

在传统的五刑制中，流刑处于降死一等的重刑地位。

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In the case of premeditated killing, life imprisonment is the appropriate sentence if a sentence of death is not imposed.

在预谋杀人罪中，如果不用死刑的话，判以无期徒刑是非常合适的量刑。

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But Rwanda's constitution forbids the extradition of anyone to a country where they could face a death sentence.

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"It is the death sentence of a society to force children to kill in wars.

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If Arias is given a sentence of death, she would be the fourth woman on death row in the state.

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If Arias is given a sentence of death, she would be the fourth woman on death row in the state of Arizona.

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U., being put on a mechanical ventilator, having tubes and wires run into and out of you, is not a sentence of death.

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