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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He also disliked fixed sentences, insisting that judges should be able to exercise flexibility and discretion-especially in murder cases, where he campaigned against the mandatory life term.

他也很反感墨守成规，他认为法官应该灵活而谨慎地断案，特别是谋杀案。他曾经为谋杀罪的强制性终身监禁判罚进行过抗争。

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It was standard practice for untrained clerks to advise in serious cases such as murder.

让未经训练的职员们在诸如谋杀等重案中提出建议是常规的做法。

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An exception is when a jury is asked to recommend either execution or life in prison in murder cases punishable by death.

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The court is scheduled to hear cases involving gun rights, free speech and whether juvenile offenders should be sentenced to life in prison without parole in criminal cases that do not involve murder.

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Dutch Foreign Minister Verhagen, for his part, said the abuse of young women is not limited to developing countries as evidenced by recent highly publicized cases of murder, long-term abduction and exploitation of young women in Europe and the United States.

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The case has led to the government announcing plans to scrap the double jeopardy rule in murder cases.

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But, he noted, some question such sentences, noting that they are longer than those usually imposed in murder cases.

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In murder cases, two-thirds of the project's DNA-cleared cases involved a false confession.

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