If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment and may also be sentenced to confiscation of property.

情节特别严重的，处十年以上有期徒刑或者无期徒刑，可以并处没收财产。

youdao

Speaking from his cell ahead of the sentence, he told the BBC his worst fear was being hanged but he also dreaded life imprisonment "in one of the worst jails in the world".

BBC: Danny Fitzsimons says 'only God' can judge him

But life for many victims also amounts to a form of imprisonment.

BBC: Pakistan's Oscar triumph for acid attack film Saving Face

Thomas Drake, who worked at the National Security Agency, was threatened with life imprisonment for leaking to the Baltimore Sun unclassified details of a wasteful programme that also impinged on privacy.

ECONOMIST: Government transparency: The best disinfectant | The