In this task, you are given a sentence in the Japanese language and your task is to convert it into the English language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).

Q: 「幼児強姦の被害者が耐えなければならない長い苦悶の年月」にもかかわらず「死刑が犠牲者の命が奪われなかった例にまで及んではいけない」と、司法省ケネディは書いた。

A: Despite "the years of long anguish that must be endured by the victim of child rape," Justice Kennedy wrote, "the death penalty should not be expanded to instances where the victim's life was not taken."
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Q: コッター川のダムは4年間も建設中である。

A: The dam on the Cotter River has been under construction for four years.
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Q: 男性容疑者がその後「人質を再び盾として使い、別の車に乗った」とハンセル氏は言った。

A:
The male suspect then "used the hostage again as a shield to get into another vehicle," Hansell said.
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