不久前的連勝文槍擊案,很適合作為一個例子,讓我們來看看檢察官的角色。檢察官對於行兇的林正偉求處死刑。《公民與政治權利國際公約》第二條第六項說,如果不是最嚴重的犯罪,不得科處死刑;原文是the most serious crimes。林正偉槍傷連勝文,是殺人未遂;流彈殺死在場的民眾,檢方論以不確定故意的殺人罪;如此論罪已經令人驚訝。
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed a bill into law Wednesday that abolishes the death penalty, making his state the 17th in the nation to abandon capital punishment and the fifth in five years to usher in a repeal.