But our national predilection for punishment has gotten out of hand.

但是，我们国家对惩罚的嗜好已经弄得无法收拾。

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Although courts still hand out the death penalty, the country has had a DE facto moratorium on capital punishment and has not executed anyone since December 1997.

虽然法院还未正式执行死刑，但该国已进行了事实上的暂停执行死刑，自1997年12月以来并没有处决任何人。

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The new class of warship was built to hand out the punishment.

这条新等级战舰是为了痛击敌人而建造的。

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The panel took into account Griffiths' previous criminal convictions when deciding on which punishment to hand out.

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The league won't say what sorts of punishment it might hand out.

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