Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values, including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally competent to serve on juries; that jurors should be selected randomly from a representative cross section of the community; that no citizen should be denied the right to serve on a jury on account of race, religion, sex, or national origin; that defendants are entitled to trial by their peers; and that verdicts should represent the conscience of the community and not just the letter of the law.
许多美国人将陪审团制度视为关键民主价值观的具体体现，包括以下原则：所有符合年龄和读写能力最低要求的公民在担任陪审员方面都是同样胜任的；陪审员应从社区中具有代表性的各个群体中随机选出；不应因种族、宗教、性别或民族出身而剥夺任何公民担任陪审员的权利；被告有权接受同辈的审判；以及陪审团的裁决应体现社区的良知，而不仅仅是法律条文。
defendants are immune from trial by their peers
被告不受同辈审判
4 , he theorised that a judge 5 of appearing too soft 6 crime might be more likely to send someone to prison 7 he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to forced community service on that day.
4 ，他提出理论认为，一位法官如果 5显得对犯罪过于软弱 6，可能会更倾向于将某人送进监狱 7他当天已经判处五到六名其他被告仅接受强制社区服务。
Enough of the implications are discernable, even obvious, so that the justices can and should provide updated guidelines to police, lawyers and defendants.
即使有足够多的影响是显而易见的，法官们也应当并能够为警方、律师和被告提供更新的指导方针。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。