论中国废除死刑的主要障碍及对策

An Analysis of the Main Barriers and Countermeasures in Abolishing the Death Penalty in China

中国废除死刑的障碍并不是经济发展水平低或者国民素质不高,而是民众关于死刑的报应观念及政界关于死刑的威慑观念。改变关于死刑的报应及威慑观念是废除死刑的必由之路,而观念的改变与经济发展水平的高下或国民素质的高低关系不大,主要是一个启蒙、宣传、教育问题,政府应承担起这一重任,学界在改变观念方面也应该有所作为,成立推进死刑废除的民间组织并从事相关活动或可大有作为。

The barrier to abolish the death penalty is neither the lower economic level, nor the people＇ s culture character, but the concept retribution of the mass and the threaten of the death penalty in the authority. The only way to abolish death penalty is to change our concept, which is necessary to be enlightened, propagated, educated. The government should take this part; and the academic field should work more usefully.