The courts were empowered to impose the death sentence for certain crimes.

法院有权因某些罪行判处罪犯死刑。

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His original death sentence was commuted to life in prison.

他原本的死刑被减成终身监禁。

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In the United States, the governor of a state has the power to change a sentence from the death penalty to life in prison.

在美国，州长有权将判决由死刑改为无期徒刑。

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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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Con Markievicz was the only surviving leader of the Easter Rising, condemned to death, but then her sentence was transmuted.

马克维其是复活节起义唯一,幸存的领袖，被判了死刑，但后来判决又改变了。

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

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Dr. Gosnell, 72 years old, faces a possible death sentence when the jury reconvenes next week to consider sentencing.

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He argued that jurors should sentence Arias to death.

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Under Colorado law, as in other states that authorize capital punishment, that jury will first be "death qualified, " that is, purged of citizens whose faith or moral precepts would not permit them to sentence Holmes to death.

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