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criminal law
criminal
criminal to be executed
severe punishment
death penalty
xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4 hai4]
to carry out a
execution ground
water-boarding
beaten
to extort confession by torture
to sentence
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The death penalty had been done away with in many states in the USA.
Source: Tatoeba #333229 · CC BY 2.0 FRWe should abolish the death penalty.
Source: Tatoeba #2077797 · CC BY 2.0 FRMany countries have abolished capital punishment.
Source: Tatoeba #685089 · CC BY 2.0 FRThe judge sentenced him to one year's imprisonment.
Source: Tatoeba #385511 · CC BY 2.0 FRIn Singapore, one way to punish a criminal is to whip him or her.
Source: Tatoeba #429434 · CC BY 2.0 FRTom is serving a life sentence.
Source: Tatoeba #8635814 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.