法律英語基礎句子：Death penalty 死刑

1.A sentencing judge is required to consider any mitigating circumstances before imposing the death penalty.

在處死刑之前，要求量刑法官必須考慮是否有任何減輕罪行之情節(jié)。

2.Capital punishment for murder is based on the idea: that if a person kills someone, he must pay with his own life.

針對謀殺的死刑判決是基于這樣一個理念，如果一個殺死了某人，他必須用自已的生命作為補償。

3.Death penalty is usually imposed because of some type of gross misconduct.

死刑經(jīng)常只對某類別的嚴重犯罪懲處。

4.He was executed by firing squad.

他被行刑隊處決。

5.He was guilty of a capital crime.

他犯了死刑。

6.He was sentenced to death but was reprieved by the president.

他被判處死刑但被總統(tǒng)下令緩期執(zhí)行。

7.The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

死刑減成終身監(jiān)禁。

8.The prisoners were condemned to death.

囚犯們被判死刑。

9.The punishment for treason is death.

對叛國罪的處罰是處死。

10.They argued about whether the statute mandating the death penalty is unconstitutional.

他們就規(guī)定死刑的法規(guī)是否違憲進行爭論。