Last month, New Jersey became the first state to abolish the death penalty since the Supreme Court reinstated it in 1976, reducing the number of states with capital punishment on their books to 36.

• 上个月，新泽西州成为自1976年最高法院恢复执行死刑之后第一个废除死刑的州。使美国依然保留死刑刑罚的州数量减少到36个。