to the cruelty, many countries have abolished capital punishment. Amnesty International's latest information shows that 76 countries and territories have abolished the death penalty for all crimes; 14 countries have abolished the death penalty for all but exceptional crimes such as wartime crimes; 20 countries can be considered abolitionist in practice: they retain the death penalty in law but have not carried out any executions for the past 10 years or more (Amnesty International USA). A total of 110 countries have abolished the death penalty in law or practice. 85 other countries retain and use the death penalty, but the number of countries which actually execute prisoners in any one year is much smaller (Amnesty International USA).
             Despite of this global trend, you still maintain the severe punishment legally and kill many criminals. Death penalty is not only cruel and severe punishment, but it also has a lot of economical and social problems.
             First, the death penalty costs a lot. It is a far more expensive system than one whose maximum penalty is life in prison. It is a common misconception that the use of the death penalty saves money. People assume that killing an inmate is cheaper than keeping condemned criminals in prison for the rest of their lives. However, under the current system, this is not true. A New York study estimated that the cost of an execution is three times more expensive than one of life imprisonment. In Florida, each
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