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由于死刑是极刑,一旦出现错误就无法挽回。因此,美国对死刑判决非常慎重,被判死刑的人有多重上诉程序。美国是个犯罪率高发的国家。在全国总人口3亿中,犯人数量超过了300万,犯罪人员比例超过百分之一。不过,被判处死刑并被执行的犯人却很少。2009年,全美死刑只执行了区区52例。其中的原因是多方面的,如对生命的尊重,能不判死刑就不判;再如,美国冗长的司法程序也给死刑犯钻了空子,没完没了的上诉使许多死刑犯避免了被执行的厄运。目前,美国50个州中有18个州和哥伦比亚特区根
As the death penalty is a death sentence, once an error can not be recovered. Therefore, the United States takes a very cautious approach to the death penalty, and those sentenced to death have multiple appeals procedures. The United States is a country with a high crime rate. In the country’s total population of 300 million, the number of prisoners has exceeded 3 million and the number of criminals has exceeded one percent. However, there are very few prisoners who are sentenced to death and executed. In 2009, only 52 cases were executed in the entire United States. For many reasons, such as respect for life, can not sentence the death penalty will not be sentenced; another example, the lengthy judicial process in the United States also gave the death penalty a loophole, endless appeal to many prisoners of death to avoid being Executions doom. Currently, there are 18 states in 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia