It's more expensive than life in prison, it's an easy way out for the convict, and it does not act as a deterrent.
On those grounds alone I see no reason to ever implement it.
When also contemplating all of those people who were pardoned after decades in prison because of DNA evidence, I wonder how many innocent people have been executed. If it's been even one person, which I'm sure it has, then it is not justifiable to have a death penalty.
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