So there seems to be a significant number of Americans who believe the death-penalty system costs innocent people their lives, but who nevertheless want to keep it around and even expand it.

由此可见，有相当大一部分美国人相信死刑制度会让无辜的人失去生命，但是他们却想要坚持甚至扩大死刑的覆盖范围。

youdao

You have a system where there is no viable alternatives to death penalty - you don't have a true life sentence without the possibility of parole as we do.

你们有一个系统，没有可行的替代死刑方案- 你没有一个真正的， 不得假释的， 终身监禁刑罚。

youdao

Because of this system is closely related to the death penalty, to study this system, we should begin from the death penalty.

因为这一制度是与死刑制度密切相关的，所以对它的研究首先应从死刑开始。

youdao

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