be under house arrest

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A court in Sicily has ruled that a suspected Mafia clan member weighing 210 kg can be put under house arrest because he is too fat for any Italian jail, local newspaper said Wednesday.
意大利西西里岛一家法院近日做出裁决，允许一名黑手党罪犯在家中服刑，因为他体重达210公斤，给狱警带来许多麻烦，如找不到足够大的床供他睡觉，他庞大的身躯通不过浴室门等，意大利所有监狱都无法容纳他的肥胖之躯。
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He certainly knew how to play Canada’sjudicial system, lodging umpteen appeals, while living under a luxury versionof house arrest in Vancouver that was said to be saving taxpayers’ money.
他当然知道如何发挥加拿大的司法系统，悠闲的面对无数上诉，而根据在温哥华的家豪华版逮捕活被说成是为了节省纳税人的金钱。
His lawyers said that he is too old and frail to pose a flight-risk or to threaten potential witnesses, and asked that he be placed under house arrest until his trial begins, probably next year.
他的律师说，英萨利年老体弱，不会构成逃跑的风险，也不会威胁可能的目击者。他们要求法庭在审理之前，对他实行软禁。

President Barack Obama called last week for Megrahi to be put under house arrest.

Secondly, we expressed our concern about the release, and believe that the Libyans should treat the individual as somebody who should be under house arrest.
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In Naples last November the show was so popular that a man who was supposed to be under house arrest was caught waiting in the queue.
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The group also fingered Mr Ntaganda's old boss, a dynamic former rebel leader, Laurent Nkunda, who is supposed to be under house arrest in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, as part of the 2009 peace deal.
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