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1、ThedeathpenaltyinChinaPart1ThecurrentsituationofdeathpenaltyinChinauPublicOpinion:CapitalpunishmenthaswidespreadsupportinChina,especiallyforviolentcrimes,andnogroupingovernmentorcivilsocietyvocallyadvocatesforitsabolition.Pollingconductedin2007inBeijing,Hunanand
2、Guangdongfoundamoremoderate58percentinfavorofthedeathpenalty,andfurtherfoundthatamajority(63.8percent)believedthatthegovernmentshouldreleaseexecutionstatisticstothepublic.uDeathpenaltyinthePeople'sRepublicofChinaisusuallyadministeredtooffendersofseriousandviolen
3、tcrimes,suchasaggravatedmurder,butChinaretainsinlawanumberofnonviolentcapitaloffensessuchasdrugtrafficking.Bytheconfirmednumbers,therateofexecutionsinChinaishigherthantheUnitedStatesandPakistan,thoughIranexecutesmoreprisonerspercapita.TheDuiHuaFoundationdeclares
4、thatthetruefigureswerehigher;theyestimatethatChinaexecutedbetween5,000and6,000peoplein2007,downfrom10,000in2005.uThePeople'sRepublicofChinaexecutesthehighestnumberofpeopleannually,thoughothercountries(suchasIranorSingapore)havehigherpercapitaexecutionrates.Thenu
5、mberofexecutionsinChinamorethananyothercountryintheworld,evenmorethanthenumberofdeathpenaltysumofallothercountries.ButtheexecutionrateofChinaislowerthanothercounties.Country：Thenumberofexecution/population(million）=theexecutionrateIran：390/75=5.20Iraq：110/31=3.5
6、4SaudiArabia：80/26=1.25Yemen：30/24=1.25Chian：1000/1330=0.75Vietnam：6-8/86=0.70-0.93Syria：5-7/22=0.23-0.32UnitedStates：5/310=0.16Sudan：6-8/39=0.15-0.20Japan：5-7/130=0.04-0.05ExecutionsbyStatein2009StateThenumberofexecutionPopulation(million)TheexecutionrateTexas2
7、424,782,3020.97Alabama64,708,7081.27Oklahoma23,687,0500.54Tennessee26,296,2540.32Florida218,537,9690.11Virginia37,882,5900.38SouthCarolina24,561,2420.44Georgia39,829,2110.31Missouri15,987,5800.17Ohio511,542,6450.43Indiana16.423.1130.16Part2Theapplicabilityofdeat
8、hpenaltyIn1979,theChinesecriminallawwasapprovedbythenationalpeople’scongress.Inthislaw,28crimesregulatedin15articlesweredeatheligible,sciencethemajoremphasisofthegove
