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Yes, every country has different laws to cater their national or local problems such as the murder rate within the country/state.
But, punishment is meant to prevent the criminal from repeating his/her crime and to deter the crime by discouraging potiental offenders.
Capital punishment is not the only form of punishment. It does no one justice. What has the defendant learnt? That it's not okay to breach the law by murdering someone, yet it's fair to sentence the defendant on death row? Thus, there are various methods of punishing a defendant without resorting to the death penality, which I think is harsh, cruel and unnecessary.
Capital punishment is a crime in itself.
Also, even if capital punishment is successful in decreasing the number of criminals in certain states/countries, I still don't support the legislation.
Everyone has a right to live.
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