The author believes that the misjudgment and discrimination is a judicial problem and not attributable to the death penalty system itself, so it is not the reason to abolish the death penalty.

笔者认为，误判难纠和歧视之刑都是死刑的适用问题、是死刑的司法问题，而不是死刑制度本身的问题，因此不能成为废除死刑的依据。

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In 1764, the Italian jurist Beccaria in his famous work "on crime and punishment" to do on the death penalty system is discussed in detail and put forward the idea of abolishing the death penalty.

1764年，意大利著名法理学家贝卡利亚在其所著《论犯罪与刑罚》中就死刑问题做了详细评述，并主张死刑应该被废除。

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So there seems to be a significant number of Americans who believe the death-penalty system costs innocent people their lives, but who nevertheless want to keep it around and even expand it.

由此可见，有相当大一部分美国人相信死刑制度会让无辜的人失去生命，但是他们却想要坚持甚至扩大死刑的覆盖范围。

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With the state of California wracked by long-standing budget issues, there is wide acceptance that the death penalty system needs reform.

BBC: California to vote on abolishing death penalty

Recent studies of the federal death penalty system reveal that the average cost of defending a capital case are at least eight times those for defense of a non-death penalty case.

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"Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death, " he said announcing his decision on Saturday.

BBC: Calls for US death penalty review