If asked to choose between the death penalty and a life sentence with no chance of parole, however, they are evenly divided.

然而，如果问及选择死刑还是不可假释的终生监禁时，就变成了一半对一半。

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With access to treatment, AIDS have moved from what was effectively a death sentence to a chronic disease, "said sidibe."

她说：“由于得到治疗，艾滋病对感染者来说，已经不再是宣判死刑了。”

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If the immediate execution of a criminal punishable by death is not deemed necessary, a two-year suspension of execution may be pronounced simultaneously with the imposition of the death sentence.

对于应当判处死刑的犯罪分子，如果不是必须立即执行的，可以判处死刑同时宣告缓期二年执行。

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Two other members of the gang were also convicted - one received a death sentence with reprieve and the other eight years in prison.

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England and Watts could face anywhere from life with the possibility of parole or a death sentence for the murder charges.

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As we saw with Arthur Andersen, an indictment alone can be a death sentence for a firm.

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