Which is why it's more effective to provide proper social safety net programs, work to provide economic opportunity, treat the criminal justice system and deten

Which is why it's more effective to provide proper social safety net programs, work to provide economic opportunity, treat the criminal justice system and detention as rehabilitation, not punishment - and at the very least not have systems that encourage further economic stratification and the concentration of wealth. US states with the death penalty have significantly higher murder rates than those without...