Former Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai (C) listens to his verdict inside the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, Shandong province September 22, 2013. The court sentenced Bo to life in prison on Sunday after finding him guilty of all the charges he faced of corruption, taking bribes and abuse of power. [Photo/Xinhua]　　山東省濟南市中級人民法院22日對中共中央政治局原委員、重慶市委原書記薄熙來受賄、貪污、濫用職權案作出一審判決，認定薄熙來犯受賄罪、貪污罪、濫用職權罪，數罪并罰，決定執(zhí)行無期徒刑，剝奪政治權利終身，并處沒收個人全部財產。

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員、重慶市委原書記薄熙來因犯受賄罪、貪污罪、濫用職權罪，于周日被判處無期徒刑。

濟南中院宣布判決(announce the verdict)，對薄熙來執(zhí)行無期徒刑(life imprisonment)，剝奪政治權利終身(be deprived of political rights for life)，并處沒收個人全部財產(his personal assets were also confiscated)。這是對其受賄罪(bribery)、貪污罪(embezzlement)、濫用職權罪(abuse of power)數罪并罰(joinder of punishment for plural crimes)的結果。

以下總結一些法庭庭審常用表達：

cross-examination 交互訊問

plaintiff 原告

defendant 被告

court-appointed attorney 法庭指定律師

counter claim反訴、反要求、反索賠

contempt of court藐視法庭

default judgment缺席審判

appeal 上訴

jury 陪審團

verdict, judgment 判決

deposition 供述

objection over ruled 反對無效

objection sustained 反對有效

civil lawsuit 民事訴訟

criminal proceedings 刑事訴訟

alibi不在現場證明