围观杀人:美国死刑执行的示众与电视直播  

Witnessing the Execution:The Issue of Live Telecasting and Public Exposure of Death Penalty Execution in U.S.A.

作　　者：高一飞[1] 张金霞[1] 

机构地区：[1]西南政法大学诉讼法与司法改革研究中心,重庆401120

出　　处：《昆明理工大学学报（社会科学版）》2013年第1期33-40,共8页Journal of Kunming University of Science and Technology(Social Sciences)

基　　金：最高人民法院2012年审判理论重大课题"人民法院依法独立审判与舆论监督关系"阶段性成果

摘　　要：美国历史上长期以来在公众场所执行死刑,大众直接自由观看。1936年以后,死刑只能在监狱执行,但是,允许特定的死刑执行见证人观看。1996年至今,有14个州和联邦允许电视直播死刑执行过程。死刑执行的过程向公众公开违背了基本的人权和人道,应当禁止。但是,可以从死刑犯的利益出发,允许医生、神职人员、心理学家、甚至于亲属作为临终关怀者观看死刑执行。For a long time, the United States of America had conducted the death penalty in public places and every citizen could watch the whole executing process freely and directly. Until 1936, the death penalty could only be executed in the prisons, and specific witnesses had been allowed to watch the execution of death penalty. Since 1996, the federal government and 14 states have legally permitted to telecast the execution of death penalty live. The paper argues that the live telecasting of death penalty execution shall be prohibited be- cause it goes against the basic human rights and humanity. However, for the sake of the condemned prisoners, it is acceptable to allow doctors, clergy, psychologists and even relatives as a hospice to observe the execution.

关 键 词：死刑执行 公众场所 临刑见证人 电视直播 

分 类 号：DF73[政治法律—诉讼法学]