Six months after turning myself into the police, the court let me go free with no charges, no record or jail sentence.

在我自首6个月后，法庭释放了我，没有任何控告，记录或是判决。

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But witnesses often lie in court. Potential penalties of a fine or jail time do not completely suppress false testimony.

但证人却常常在庭上说谎话，即使会被罚款或入狱，仍不能完全杜绝假见证。

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Until then, he said, he and many of his countrymen will carry on living and working on the margins of the law — and no amount of fines, seizures or jail time will dissuade them.

到那个时候，他表示，他和他的很多同胞将继续靠打法律的擦边球谋生，即使是罚金、扣押和监禁时间也不能阻止他们。

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For example, a corporation can face civil or criminal fines and individual lawbreakers can go to jail.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

Suppose they have a written contract, or even an unwritten contract, what enforces the contract for colluding firms or crooks in jail?

假如他们签了一份书面协议,或干脆口头的,他们怎么强制履行呢

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If I don't, I get locked in jail or they tell me to get out of the country.

如果不缴税，我会被关到监狱,或者被驱逐出境。

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