一年前的春夏之交，复旦大学学生黄洋被同宿舍同学林森浩投毒致死一案震惊全国。今年2月，林森浩被法院认定为犯有故意杀人罪，并被判处死刑。林森浩的辩护律师随即提请上诉。现在二审近在眼前，复旦学生联名为投毒者求情的新闻又引发热议。

请看相关报道：

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多名复旦大学学生发出联名求情信，请求对因投毒杀害室友而在今年2月被判处死刑的该校一名研究生从轻判决。

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

我们平时说到对犯罪分子的惩罚原则时经常会提到“宽严相济”，这个原则在英语中可用tempering justice with mercy表示；另外，审讯嫌疑人时警方最常用的那句“坦白从宽，抗拒从严”则多用leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist来表示。

相关阅读

“投毒”案

社区矫正 community correction

宽严相济 tempering justice with mercy

（中国日报网英语点津 Helen）