一年前的春夏之交，復旦大學學生黃洋被同宿舍同學林森浩投毒致死一案震驚全國。今年2月，林森浩被法院認定為犯有故意殺人罪，并被判處死刑。林森浩的辯護律師隨即提請上訴。現在二審近在眼前，復旦學生聯名為投毒者求情的新聞又引發熱議。

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Lin Senhao, who was convicted of intentionally murdering his roommate, Huang Yang, awaits his sentence at Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People’s Court in February. [Photo by Pei Xin / Xinhua]

More than 170 students from Fudan University signed a petition pleading for leniency for a former postgraduate student who received the death sentence in February for killing his roommate by poisoning.

170多名復旦大學學生發出聯名求情信，請求對因投毒殺害室友而在今年2月被判處死刑的該校一名研究生從輕判決。

在英文中，“求情”多用plead或intercede表示，常見的搭配為plead/intercede with someone for something/someone（為某事或某人向某人求情），如：He interceded with the teacher for me.

我們平時說到對犯罪分子的懲罰原則時經常會提到“寬嚴相濟”，這個原則在英語中可用tempering justice with mercy表示；另外，審訊嫌疑人時警方最常用的那句“坦白從寬，抗拒從嚴”則多用leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist來表示。

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“投毒”案

社區矯正 community correction

寬嚴相濟 tempering justice with mercy

（中國日報網英語點津 Helen）