The number of countries that had abolished the death penalty in law or practice had risen to 139 from 108 in 2001, it said.

全球在法律或执行上废除死刑的国家从2001年的108个上升到现在的139个。

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Death penalty in China's penalty code is not abolished, but its application is, meanwhile, strictly limited. This manifests the policy of cautious application of death penalty.

中国刑法既不废除死刑，又严格限制死刑的适用，体现了慎用死刑的政策。

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To deposit, dethrone, relatively loud dispute stores within the range of countries all over the world in death penalty, store sound abolished and rise one after another.

死刑的存废与否在世界各国范围内存在较大争议，存废之声此起彼伏。

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For Asia as a whole, according to David Johnson and Franklin Zimring writing in the online Asia-Pacific Journal, 16 out of 29 jurisdictions have abolished the death penalty, either definitively or in fact, whereas 13 retain it.

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Both Britain and France abolished the death penalty in the teeth of strong popular opposition.

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The Commons also debated how the death penalty for the armed forces will be abolished through the introduction of the convention into UK law.

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