European governments are adamantly opposed to capital punishment – the European Union bans it outright – and some Europeans consider its use in the United States barbaric. Indeed, many European intellectuals argue that not just capital punishment, but punishment in general, does not deter criminals.
欧洲各国政府坚决反对死刑，欧盟则予以明文禁止，某些欧洲人认为美国使用死刑是野蛮的。实际上，欧洲的知识分子们认为不仅仅是死刑，甚至连通常意义的处罚都并不震慑罪犯。