The governor of Illinois signed a bill ending the death penalty after an 11-year moratorium, making his state the 16th without capital punishment.

伊利诺斯州州长签署了一项法令，在11年得中断之后，取消了死刑，使该州成为美国第16个废除死刑的州。

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Although courts still hand out the death penalty, the country has had a DE facto moratorium on capital punishment and has not executed anyone since December 1997.

虽然法院还未正式执行死刑，但该国已进行了事实上的暂停执行死刑，自1997年12月以来并没有处决任何人。

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Only the return of the death penalty can ensure that people can sleep safely in their homes. Capital punishment protects unarmed policemen and young children.

只有再实行死刑，才能确保人们在家中安全地睡觉。死刑保护不带武器的警察和儿童。

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Federal legal sources also say they expect an outside counsel will be appointed to work with the public defender on the capital punishment aspect, since Massachusetts has no death penalty and federal officials there rarely deal with the complex legal maneuverings in such cases.

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The country once had been at the forefront in the region's efforts to abolish in law and practice the death penalty, with a moratorium on the death penalty for 27 years and the abolition of capital punishment for drug offenses in April 2011, Heyns said.

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This random quality of capital punishment significantly undermines Mill's notion that the death penalty is justified, because it and it alone pays proper respect to the importance of human life.

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