德國黑森州通過投票決定廢除死刑

The German state of Hesse has voted to finallyscrap the death penalty from its constitution, amending a 69-year-old legal anomaly whichallowed it.

德國黑森州日前通過投票，最終決定廢除其憲法中的死刑，這意味著一項擁有69年歷史的允許死刑的法律得到了修改。

The western state is the last in Germany to amendits local legal code, after the national constitutionabolished capital punishment in 1949.

自從1949年德國憲法廢除死刑之后，這個德國西部州就成為了最后一個要去修改這項當?shù)胤ㄒ?guī)的州。

Some 83% of voters were in favour of changing the 1946 provision, referendum results onThursday showed.

周四公投的結果顯示，約83%的選民贊成改變這項1946年的法規(guī)。

The vote is a symbolic one, as federal laws have always trumped state ones.

該投票是象征性的，因為聯(lián)邦法律總是高過州法律。

Between 1946 and 1949, two people were sentenced to death in the state, but the rulings werelater commuted to life sentences.

在1946年至1949年間，該州有兩人被判處死刑，但這些判決后來被改判為無期徒刑。

Capital punishment is banned in all EU countries, so this lingering quirk was seen as anembarrassment to Germany, an outspoken opponent of the practice.

所有歐盟國家都禁止死刑，所以這項歷史悠久的法規(guī)會讓德國覺得很尷尬，因為德國一直以來都高調(diào)地反對死刑。