现代废除死刑的运动起源于欧洲18世纪末,初步成形于19世纪,其所表现出来的特点是:第一,范围窄,仅限于欧美几个国家和地区;第二,不彻底,往往附带有一些限制性的内容。从世界范围看,20世纪死刑废除运动迅速发展,主要经过了三个阶段:第一个阶段,20世纪前25年,这个阶段的特点是废除死刑的范围较之19世纪有一定扩大,但不稳定;第二个阶段,20年代中期至50年代,这一阶段的特点是反复性和倒退性;第三个阶段,60年代至世纪末,从世界各国 The modern abolition of the death penalty originated in Europe at the end of the 18th century and was initially shaped in the 19th century. Its characteristics are as follows: first, its scope is narrow and limited to several countries and regions in Europe and the United States; secondly, incomplete and often accompanied by some Restrictive content. Judging from the perspective of the world, the death penalty abolition in the 20th century witnessed a rapid development mainly through three stages: In the first stage, in the first 25 years of the 20th century, this stage was characterized by a certain extent of abolition of death penalty compared with the 19th century, but not Stability; the second stage, from the mid 1920s to the 1950s, this stage is characterized by repetitive and regressive; the third stage, the 60’s to the end of the century, from all over the world