被(ひ)告(こく) hikokuは wa死(し)刑(けい)判(はん)決(けつ) shikeihanketsuを o受(う)け()た() uketa。 The defendant received a death sentence. Literal Defendant [topic-は] death-sentence [object-を] received. 死刑判決を受けた uses 受ける ('to receive') instead of the passive 宣告された — a slightly different framing where the defendant 'receives' rather than 'is given' the sentence. Both are natural. lawdeath
被(ひ)告(こく) hikokuは wa死(し)刑(けい)判(はん)決(けつ) shikeihanketsuを o受(う)け()た() uketa。 The defendant received a death sentence. Literal Defendant [topic-は] death-sentence [object-を] received. 死刑判決を受けた uses 受ける ('to receive') instead of the passive 宣告された — a slightly different framing where the defendant 'receives' rather than 'is given' the sentence. Both are natural. lawdeath