criminal; penal

death penalty; capital punishment

limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)

criminal police (abbreviation for [[刑事警察|刑事警察|xing2 shi4 jing3 cha2]])

to serve a prison sentence

to detain as criminal; criminal detention

to sentence (to prison etc)

a legal penalty or sentence imposed by a court for a criminal offense

to carry out a legal sentence, particularly a death sentence or corporal punishment

A judicial arrangement where the execution of a convicted person's sentence is suspended, often contingent on a period of good behavior.

(law) to determine the sentence

to take a person into custody for a suspected criminal offense

cruelty; torture

to reduce a judicial sentence or penalty; shortened or commuted sentence

severe or cruel punishment

to execute by hanging

prison sentence

the practice of using physical violence or severe pressure to extract information or a confession during questioning

a prisoner who has been sentenced to death.

Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)

a heavy or severe legal penalty imposed for a serious crime.

execution ground; a place where capital punishment is carried out

instruments or equipment used for inflicting corporal punishment or torture

the practice of using electric shocks as a method of physical torture

a wooden structure used for execution by hanging

Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the [[黄帝|黃帝|Huang2 di4]]

the most severe legal penalty, typically referring to the death penalty or execution

criminal offense

to judicially sentence or condemn a convicted person to a specific punishment

to undergo capital punishment or be put to death

criminal court (abbreviation for [[刑事法庭|刑事法庭|xing2 shi4 fa3 ting2]])

at the point of execution; facing execution

a school of thought from the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai, emphasizing the checking of performance against titles (xing-ming)

an administrative department in a traditional Chinese government office responsible for judicial affairs and punishments

the most severe or capital form of punishment in a legal system

caning (corporal punishment)

corporal punishment (such as castration or amputation)

castration (archaic punishment)

a criminal

the collective organization or branch of the police force responsible for investigating crimes

to complete a prison sentence