I believe the reason that people here are supporting the death penalty is the startling number of persons who have been released from prison who have gone back and commited murder again. Because no one wants a prison in their back yard, and because the rich need their money so much more than the public in general there is extreme overcrowding in prison. Unfortunately this has resulted in the revolving door syndrome. Get rid of some inmates to lessen the pressure and give space to put in more convicts. Also because of an insistance of imprisoning people for things like DUI and minor drug offense when the one can be controlled through technology and the other is arguably not a criminal problem.