美国《法律周刊》1988年2月15日刊登了一篇有关死刑制度的专题文章。该文指出,自1977年犹他州处死吉姆以来,93名犯人被先后处死。死刑执行的方式有电椅、毒气间、注射和枪决。1987年有25人被处死刑,成为自1962年以来数目最多的一年。 为此,对于死刑问题的争论又一次达到高潮。反对者指责美国社会“似乎处于情绪最低潮”的时期;支持者则认为,被处死刑的绝对数目相对总人口来说仍是微不足道。现任最高法院首席法官的威廉·瑞魁 The United States “Law Weekly” February 15, 1988 published a feature article on the death penalty system. The article states that since the killing of Jim in Utah in 1977, 93 prisoners have been executed. The execution of death penalty has electric chair, poison room, injection and gun shooting. In 1987, 25 people were sentenced to death, becoming the largest number since 1962. To this end, the debate on the death penalty once again reached its climax. Opponents accuse American society of “apparently feeling the downturn”; proponents argue that the absolute number of executions is still insignificant relative to the general population. William Ruiqui, now the chief justice of the Supreme Court