廢除死刑是國際趨勢。我國政策上雖然相同，但是，人民反對聲浪甚高。在廢除死刑取得共識之前，停止執行死刑乃重要之一步。本文敘述停止執行死刑及廢除死刑之法律上理由，進而論述廢除死刑之漸進方法及其配套措施。例如應立法規定相對死刑限於直接故意殺人之罪；詳細增訂量刑辯論程序；評議死刑應經全數決通過，而非多數決；最高法院就死刑案件應兼行事實審；建立死刑案件之完全強制辯護制，即自警詢至最高法院，皆強制選任辯護人；引進死刑緩刑制；修改赦免法，以落實死刑犯請求赦免之權利；無期徒刑只適用於直接故意殺人之罪；無期徒刑不得假釋；廢除有期徒刑15 年之上限，以建立長期自由刑制度；法官對於非以直接故意之殺人罪，勿判死刑；對於非殺人之罪而有死刑之規定，法官應適用刑法第59 條而減輕其刑。法務部長及執行檢察官應依刑事訴訟法第461 條之規定而嚴格把關。最後才是希望大法官勇於宣告死刑違憲，
或立法院立法或修法廢除死刑。

Abolishing the death penalty is an international trend. Our government adopts the same attitude toward this issue, but the opposition of the general public is quite fierce. Before reaching the Consensus on abolishing the death penalty, to suspend the death penalty is an important step. This research explains the legal reasons of suspending and abolishing the death penalty, and also discusses the progresses of
abolition step by step and related supporting measures. For example, the death penalty should only be imposed to the people convicted of direct and intentional murder crimes; the legislature should list detailed procedures for sentencing debates; a total pass of the full court is necessary before pronouncing a sentence of death, rather than a majority vote; as to death penalty cases, the Supreme Court should also examine
the facts itself; the legislature should establish a complete compulsion defense system for the criminals involved in the death penalty cases, that is, since the police inquiry to the Supreme Court, a defender are compulsory for the defendants; introduction of the death penalty probation system; modify the amnesty law to implement the prisoners'
pardon rights; a life imprisonment should be limited to the people convicted of direct and intentional murder crimes; the parole is not allowed to a life imprisonment; in order to establish long-term imprisonments, the legislature should abolish the 15-year maximum term of imprisonment; judges cannot pronounce a death penalty to a non-direct-and-intentional blood guilt criminals; for a non-murder crime with a death
penalty, the judge should apply Article 59 of the Criminal Code to mitigate the punishment. Minister of Justice and the Prosecutor of implementation should abide by Article 461 of the Criminal Procedure Code strictly. Last, we look forward to the grand justice declaring the death penalty unconstitutional, or the legislators abolishing the death penalty.