life imprisonment 无期徒刑

Bo Xilai, former secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a former member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Sunday for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power.

中共中央政治局原委员、重庆市委原书记薄熙来因犯受贿罪、贪污罪、滥用职权罪，于周日被判处无期徒刑。

济南中院宣布判决（announce the verdict），对薄熙来执行无期徒刑（life imprisonment），剥夺政治权利终身（be deprived of political rights for life），并处没收个人全部财产（his personal assets were also confiscated）。这是对其受贿罪（bribery）、贪污罪（embezzlement）、滥用职权罪（abuse of power）数罪并罚（joinder of punishment for plural crimes）的结果。

以下总结一些法庭庭审常用表达：

cross-examination 交互讯问

plaintiff 原告

defendant 被告

court-appointed attorney 法庭指定律师

counter claim反诉、反要求、反索赔

contempt of court藐视法庭

default judgment缺席审判

appeal 上诉

jury 陪审团

verdict, judgment 判决

deposition 供述

objection over ruled 反对无效

objection sustained 反对有效

civil lawsuit 民事诉讼

criminal proceedings 刑事诉讼

alibi不在现场证明