Shàngsù yǐhòu, fǎyuàn bǎ sǐxíng gǎipàn wéi wúqī túxíng.
After the appeal, the court changed the death sentence to life imprisonment.
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A higher court can 维持原判, uphold the verdict, 改判, change it, or 发回重审, send the case back for retrial. The change can go either way: 改判无罪 is an acquittal on appeal.
