The issue is not the death penalty itself, but the application and the system around it in the US. For an alternative approach, in Islam we have a rule that Ḥa

The issue is not the death penalty itself, but the application and the system around it in the US. For an alternative approach, in Islam we have a rule that Ḥadd punishments are to be averted by rejecting doubtful evidence. The point is to deter people from crime, and have a stable society, not to apply the punishment for the sake of the punishment as some seem to think. As such, practically all cases that are brought up in these discussions would not have had the penalty applied.