An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided below.

下面这个介绍性句子简要总结了这篇文章。

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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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Dog-fighting victims are tortured and killed for profit and "sport", yet their criminal abusers often receive a minimal sentence for causing a lifetime of pain.

斗狗中受害的狗因为利益和“运动”而被折磨和杀害，然而他们的施虐者虽然给这些狗造成了终生的痛苦，却只被判处最低刑罚。

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Some southern lawmakers even proposed the death sentence for anyone who spoke against slavery.

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Well, there is a sentence for you and, as I say, I don't have time to explicate it but I commend it to you as a possible paper topic if you're still in need of one.

这就是我说的那个句子，我没有时间解释它，但是我向你们推荐,最为一个可能的论文话题，如果你们还需要的话。

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In the very first sentence of the essay, you read the expression "the struggle for science" - an interesting formulation, "the struggle for science."

文章的第一句中有一个表达，为了科学而斗争“,有趣表达“

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The maximum prison sentence for adultery would rise from nine months to five years.

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Health care hikes and additional taxation can be a death sentence for many smaller companies, however.

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The maximum sentence for each charge of shooting with intent to kill is life in prison.

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