Many argue that it is an effective deterrent to murder, while others maintain there is no convincing evidence that the death penalty reduces murders.
许多人认为，死刑是对谋杀的有效威慑，而另一些人则认为，没有令人信服的证据表明死刑减少了谋杀。
There have been repeated calls to reinstate the death penalty.
不断有人呼吁恢复死刑。
Supporters of the death penalty argue that it would deter criminals from carrying guns.
死刑的支持者辩称，死刑可以阻止罪犯携带枪支。
Everyone knows that death penalty is a punishment for murder, but I think life sentence is a better punishment.
每个人都知道死刑是对谋杀罪的惩罚，但我认为终生监禁是更好的惩罚。
In the United States, the governor of a state has the power to change a sentence from the death penalty to life in prison.
在美国，州长有权将判决由死刑改为无期徒刑。
In other words, is it right for convicted murderers who kill when they are minors—that is, under the age of 18—to receive the death penalty?
换句话说，如果那些被定罪的谋杀犯是未成年人，也就是18岁以下的人，他们应该被判处死刑吗？
Thirty-four states have the death penalty, but only 12 carried out executions last year.
三十四个州有死刑，但是只有去年只有12个执行过死刑。
He wants li's son to face a more serious charge of endangering public security, which could carry the death penalty.
他希望李刚的儿子应受到更严厉的危害公众安全罪的指控，这个指控是可以动用死刑的。
In India the death penalty is carried out by hanging, but it is rarely used and most death sentences are commuted to life imprisonment.
在印度，被判死刑者都是执行绞刑而死，但是真正实行绞刑的很少。大多数的死刑到后来，都会变成终身监禁。
Hossein Derakhshan, the Canadian-Iranian blogger arrested in 2008, is now facing the death penalty in Iran.
2008年在伊朗被捕的加拿大籍伊朗博客写手侯赛因德拉克斯汗正在遭遇死亡威胁。
One study showed that the death penalty was an effective deterrent; the other showed that it was not.
这两项研究的结果，一个认为死刑能够威吓犯罪，另一个则表示死刑不能威吓犯罪。
Earlier versions of the law called for the death penalty in some instances.
这个法律的早期版本要求在有些情况下可使用死刑。
"We sent candidates 13 questions," he happily recalls, ranging from their stance on the death penalty to Labour issues.
“我们给了候选人13个问题，”他高兴地回忆说，涉及对死刑的立场到劳工问题。
Proponents of the abolition bills describe the death penalty as an expensive programme with few benefits. There is little evidence that the death penalty deters.
废除死刑提案的支持者们认为死刑花费高昂却收效甚微——很少有证据表明死刑起到了什么显著作用。
Despite these cases the death penalty, on the statute books since the days of Hammurabi, is disappearing in much of the world.
虽然发生了这些案件，但是在所有从汉莫拉比时期以来的众多法律法规中，死刑在世界许多地方在逐渐消失。
Thirty years ago, only 16 countries had abolished the death penalty; now more than 90 have.
三十年前世界上只有16个国家废除了死刑，现在这一数字上升到了90。
Only Asia and the Middle East seem largely untouched by the global movement away from the death penalty.
只有亚洲和中东地区似乎对废除死刑的全球运动普遍无动于衷。
Since 2000, 12 out of 50 states have suspended the death penalty.
自2000年以来，50州中的12个州都暂缓了死刑行刑。
If asked to choose between the death penalty and a life sentence with no chance of parole, however, they are evenly divided.
然而，如果问及选择死刑还是不可假释的终生监禁时，就变成了一半对一半。
Like many of our fellow citizens, we are deeply conflicted about the death penalty and how it has been administered.
就像许多的其他公民一样，我们对死刑和它如何被管理深感抵触。
The death penalty hardly ACTS as a deterrent, since only a tiny proportion of murderers are arrested, tried and convicted.
死刑很难起到遏制的作用，因为只有极少部分的凶手被逮捕，并且定罪。
Prosecutors charged Waldroup with the felony murder of Bradshaw, which carries the death penalty, and attempted first-degree murder of his wife.
公诉人指控沃尔德·鲁普，犯有谋杀布拉德肖的严重罪行，足以判死刑，以及企图谋杀他的妻子的一级谋杀罪。
A growing number mind that the death penalty in America falls disproportionately on blacks and poor people.
越来越多的人认为，在美国获死刑者中，黑人与穷人比例过高。
Those who want to see the death penalty abolished should look to various non-violent cases that have aroused huge public sympathy.
想废除死刑的人们应该着眼于那些已经引起大众同情的非暴力犯罪。
The death penalty will be 'strictly controlled and prudently applied,' it states, adding that defendants will be guaranteed fair trials.
行动计划指出，将严格控制并慎用死刑，并将依法保障诉讼当事人获得公正审判的权利。
The death penalty will be 'strictly controlled and prudently applied,' it states, adding that defendants will be guaranteed fair trials.
行动计划指出，将严格控制并慎用死刑，并将依法保障诉讼当事人获得公正审判的权利。
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