Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): however , in criminal cases in which the sentence is expected to exceed two years , the professional judge is assisted by two lay judges with equal rights as the professional judge -lrb- schöffengericht -rrb-.
Output (English): however , in criminal cases in which the sentence is expected to be longer than two years , the professional judge is assisted by two lay judges with equal rights as the professional judge -lrb- schöffengericht -rrb-.