地道美语听力播客922：法院判决罪犯

　　南希：嘿，你去哪儿了?

　　Geraldo: I’ve been in the other courtroom watching the sentencing of that murderer.

　　杰拉多：我去了另一个法庭，看了看法官宣判谋杀犯。

　　Nancy: Which murderer?

　　南希：哪个谋杀犯?

　　Geraldo: The one who failed to get the charges reduced through a plea agreement. During the trial, her attorneys tried to show that there were mitigating circumstances, but the judge didn’t buy it.

　　杰拉多：就是那个想通过辩诉协议减轻刑罚，最后没弄成的那个谋杀犯。法庭上，她的律师试着说明有减刑情节。但是法官不买账。

　　Nancy: Didn’t she commit two murders?

　　南希：她没承认她实施了两起谋杀案?

　　Geraldo: That’s right. The judge sentenced her to 35 years to life in prison for each crime.

　　杰拉多：没承认，法官判她每起谋杀案坐35年监禁。

　　Nancy: Will she serve them consecutively or concurrently?

　　南希：连续执行还是合并执行?

　　Geraldo: She’ll be serving them consecutively, so even with time off for good behavior, she’ll be spending the next 50 years or so in prison.

　　杰拉多：连续执行。就算因为表现良好，接下来的50年里，她也会在牢狱中度过。

　　Nancy: So her only hope now is an appeal, right?

　　南希：那么她唯一希望就是上诉，是吗?

　　Geraldo: That’s right. I’ll be following this case for a long time to come.

　　杰拉多：是，我会一直追踪这个案子。

　　Nancy: And getting lots of good copy.

　　南希：会有很多复印的文件。

　　Geraldo: Of course. What would we crime reporters do without juicy murders?

　　杰拉多：当然，如果没有这么多有阴谋诡计的谋杀犯，还要我们这些罪案报道人做什么?