Can be reserved for the worst of the worst  For those who are concerned about some of the practical objections to the American death penalty, it is possible to restrict the death penalty to those most deserving of it: “the worst of the worst”, those like Anders Behring Breivik, Charles Manson and Harold Shipman. The death penalty should not be for people who are convicted as a result of three strikes - in 2004, someone was convicted of first degree murder with a whole life sentence for lending a friend a car [1] – it should not be a default sentence. [2]  [1] Liptak, Adam, “Serving Life for Providing Car to Killers”, The New York Times, 4th December 2007,   [2] Blecker, p.210