《宋史·列传·卷二百三十》
宫中奉诏令查出一桩案件，皇上让执政判罪，执法官认为他们祈祷鬼神和诅咒别人的事没成，不应处以极刑。
掖庭诏狱成，付执政蔽罪，法官谓厌魅事未成，不当处极典。
The palace received an imperial decree to find out a case, and the emperor asked the government to sentence them. The judges believed that their prayers to ghosts and gods and their curses on others were unsuccessful, and they should not be sentenced to death.
<s>[INST] Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 掖庭诏狱成，付执政蔽罪，法官谓厌魅事未成，不当处极典。 [/INST] The palace received an imperial decree to find out a case, and the emperor asked the government to sentence them. The judges believed that their prayers to ghosts and gods and their curses on others were unsuccessful, and they should not be sentenced to death.</s>
Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 掖庭诏狱成，付执政蔽罪，法官谓厌魅事未成，不当处极典。
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The palace received an imperial decree to find out a case, and the emperor asked the government to sentence them. The judges believed that their prayers to ghosts and gods and their curses on others were unsuccessful, and they should not be sentenced to death.
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