Thejurycould notreach aunanimous verdicton the death penalty, soajudgeimposed thelifesentence.
陪审团不能就死刑达成一致意见,因此法官最后判处被告终身监禁。
"We respect the decision of the jury," John Milhiser, United StatesAttorney for the Central District of Illinois, said.
美国伊利诺伊州中央区检察署的John Milhiser表示:“我们尊重陪审团的决定。”
But imposing a life sentence over a death sentence has provedcontroversial in Zhang"s native China, where social media usersargued that ending the killer"s life was "the best and only justicein this case."