论死刑的限制

On the Limitation of Death Penalty

死刑是剥夺人的生命的刑罚,它的适用必须受到严格地限制。限制死刑的路径多种多样,立法论者主张通过修改刑事立法来限制死刑,司法论者主张通过司法程序来限制死刑。在我国,限制死刑的最佳路径应数解释论,即通过司法解释来明确什么是罪行极其严重,什么是必须立即执行。

The death penalty is a kind of penalty that deprives lives of a person. Therefore, its application must be strictly limited. The way of its limitation is varied. Lawmaking believers claim to modify the criminal law to limit the death penalty; judicial believers hope to limit the death penalty through the judicial process. In China, the best way of limitation can be found in judicatory explanation, which states explicitly what is the severe crime, what should be executed immediately.