Research On The Abolition Of Death Penalty Of Non-violent Crimes Of Our Country

As the most severe kind of punishment, the death penalty is throughout the wholehistory of mankind. Although the death penalty is on the purpose with the elimination ofcrime subject to cut off the root causes of crime, but the brutality of this kind ofpunishment is obvious. The abolition of the death penalty has become an internationaltrend, and the abolition of death penalty of non-violent crimes also become a mainstreamawareness. But in China, the abolition of the death penalty of non-violent crimes continuesto be a focus of debate,and there is still no conclusion now. This article aimed at forming arigorous reasoning to abolish the death penalty which is caused by nonviolent crimes, viathe systematic inspection of the nonviolent crimes and the legislation for it–death penalty.Chapter1defines the nonviolent crimes, and investigates the current situation andlegislation of the death penalty for nonviolent crimes. Exploring the features and molds ofnonviolent crimes conscientiously on the foundation of its conception and constituent, wecan come to a conclusion that the nonviolent crimes and violent crimes have essentiallydifferences. The problems of the death penalty legislation for non-violent crimes in Chinaare desperate in resolving by analyzing the death penalty legislation for non-violentcrimes.Chapter2explores the evolution of the civil law system countries and common lawsystem countries, Britain and other countries like Japan、South Korea、United States、Germany、France, abolished the death penalty for non-violent crimes or put restriction onit, the experience of these countries is worth our reference. And then this peper exploresthe problems of legislation and justice on non-violent crimes. On the basis of these, mypaper deeply analyzes the reasons why our country should abolish the death penalty forthe non-violent crimes from various angles.Chapter3emphasize on the concrete measures of the abolition of death penalty fornonviolent crimes. And I insist that legislation and judiciary accelerate the process of theabolition of death penalty for nonviolent crimes which is not only suitable for our country but also successful.