Washington was known once as America's murder capital, and many attribute a sharp decline in homicides over recent decades to its stricter gun controls.

华盛顿曾是美国有名的谋杀案高发中心，很多人认为几十年来杀人案的大幅度降低要归功于加强了枪支管理。

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It was a spectacularly gruesome and public form of torture and execution, and was reserved only for this most serious crime, which was deemed more heinous than murder and other capital offences.

这是一种及其可怕及其残忍的酷刑和死刑，只会判给那些最严重的罪行，比谋杀，危害人身安全更为严重的罪行。

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A crude way of trying to settle which camp is correct is to compare murder rates in jurisdictions with and without capital punishment.

解决两个阵营争议的一个粗略方法是比较有死刑和没有死刑辖区的谋杀案发率。

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The next year Chicago became the murder capital of the U.S. as federal prosecutors dithered.

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But city residents say that "murder capital of the world" is an undeserved label that is hurting local businesses.

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New Orleans is the murder capital of the U.S. according to the report, which ranked the city 17th on the list.

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