In fact, to qualify as a witness in a court of law a man had to be able to count to nine!

事实上，一个人想要得到在法庭上做目击证人的资格，就必须能够数到九！

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Any violation of this law will count as a class C misdemeanor, carrying a maximum penalty of up to 15 days in jail and a fine of up to $300, still rather low.

针对此项法案的任何违规都将被计为一次C类罪行，面临最高15天监禁和高达300美元（仍不算高）的罚款。

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The homicide count of "murder by neglect" was the most serious of the charges against him, and the jury gave him the maximum punishment allowed by law.

将他害死儿子的罪行看做“过失杀人罪”是对Fritzl最严重的起诉，陪审团也是根据法律规定的最高判罚进行宣判的。

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In October of 2004, Florida police arrested Shelton and charged him with nine felony counts: three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, one count of delivery of cocaine, one count of fleeing law enforcement, one count of driving with a suspended license, one count of reckless driving, and two counts of criminal mischief.

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To Olson's argument, Tribe replied that the Florida justices weren't writing new code but merely interpreting conflicting Florida statutes. (One sets a tight deadline for certification and the other allows hand recounts, which can take a long time.) And anyway, Tribe argued in his typically agile brief, the electoral-count law simply offers incentives to states who follow its provisions--but doesn't punish them if they don't.

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Making people pay what they already owe under current law doesn't count as a tax hike.

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