The death penalty is for countries such as Iran, North Korea, Yemen, etc.

I really don't undertand why the US hasn't abolished it yet.

I understand that it's supposed to scare people but:

- Real psycho's don't care about whatever punishement the might get; they're PSYCHO's!;
- The death penalty is irreversable and people (judges, juries, lawyers) do make mistakes. Even if 1 out of 1000 executed would prove to be innocent (after the sentence has been carried out) that's one too many. And this happens, over and over again.
- Life in prison with no parole is a lot worse than death, especially if you're gang-raped every now and then (this also happens, over and over again).

But hey, that's just my opinion...