求刑

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 求刑 is a noun and irregular transitive verb read きゅうけい, referring to the prosecution's request that a criminal court impose a particular sentence.
• Basic usage: Use 検察側の求刑 for the prosecution's recommendation and 判決が求刑より軽い when comparing the judgment with that request.
  • 法廷を舞台にした劇で検察側の求刑が読み上げられた。 describes the prosecution's sentencing request being read aloud in a courtroom drama; 小説では判決が求刑より軽いものとなった。 says that the judgment in the novel was lighter than the requested sentence.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 検察側の求刑
  • の identifies the prosecution as the party making the sentencing request.
• 求刑が読み上げられる
  • The passive form focuses on the request being read aloud in the courtroom scene.
• 求刑 and 判決
  • 求刑 is the prosecution's requested sentence, while 判決 is the court's judgment, so the two need not be identical.