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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Supporters of the death penalty often seem to me like the opposite side of a coin.
对于我来说，死刑的支持者就像硬币的两面。
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。
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。
The device was used in Spain until it was outlawed in 1978 with the abolition of the death penalty.
西班牙曾使用这个装置来执行死刑，直到1978年死刑被废除。
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。
For a few years in the 1970s, America joined most other rich countries in revoking the death penalty.
70年代的一些年份里，美国加入到了其他发达国家的废除死刑的行列中。
Echoing Bonnie, Appelbaum said the Court's decision reflects society's ambivalence about the death penalty.
附和Bonnie的观点，Applbaum称法院的裁决反映了社会对于死刑的矛盾心理。
Jurors increasingly balk at imposing the death penalty, even when they are convinced of a defendant's guilt.
陪审员们越来越不愿意判定死刑，即使他们确认被告犯有死罪。
Two convicted murderers were executed in Japan, in the first use of the death penalty in the country in a year.
日本两名谋杀犯被执行死刑，这是今年来日本首例死刑判决。
Studies show that administering the death penalty is even more expensive than keeping someone in prison for life.
研究表明，实施死刑甚至都比把终身监禁所花费的钱财要多。
"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。
Campaigners against the death penalty have been making their case state by state, with little fanfare but some success.
反对死刑的活动家一个州接一个州地默默实干，获得了一些成功。
According to the Death Penalty Information Centre, the number has dropped from a recent peak of 98 in 1999 to 46 in 2010.
根据死刑信息中心的报告，死刑数量从1999年的98例下降到2010年的46例。
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。
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。
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。
China strongly opposes the practice of interfering in other's internal affairs under the pretext of the death penalty issue.
中方坚决反对利用死刑问题干涉他国内政的做法。
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。
Sue Norton is a member of Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation and the Kansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
SueNorton是谋杀受害家庭的一个成员。
Sue Norton is a member of Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation and the Kansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
SueNorton是谋杀受害家庭的一个成员。
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