被(ひ)告(こく)人(にん) hikokuninは wa死(し)刑(けい) shikeiを o宣(せん)告(こく) senkokuされた sareta。 The defendant was sentenced to death. Literal Defendant [topic-は] death-penalty [object-を] was-sentenced. 死刑を宣告された is the passive of 宣告する ('to sentence/pronounce'). 死刑 (しけい) means 'death penalty.' A grave, formal legal sentence. lawdeathpassive voice (~れる/~られる)
被(ひ)告(こく)人(にん) hikokuninは wa死(し)刑(けい) shikeiを o宣(せん)告(こく) senkokuされた sareta。 The defendant was sentenced to death. Literal Defendant [topic-は] death-penalty [object-を] was-sentenced. 死刑を宣告された is the passive of 宣告する ('to sentence/pronounce'). 死刑 (しけい) means 'death penalty.' A grave, formal legal sentence. lawdeathpassive voice (~れる/~られる)