38 states of 50 have the death penalty. The USA is a model country in that most states have the death penalty. There are frightening examples of as much as 20 years on the death row. Criticism has been made against that blacks and poor are sometimes being treated special in the courts in a negative way. Criticism has also been aimed against capricious law practice.
Justified criticism has to be brought to the light and revealed.
The USA needed to take further precautions to get an improved, developed and consequent law practice when it comes to capital crimes. This criticism, on the other hand, gives no reason to question the capital punishment itself, since the criticism only points to some possible flaws within the legal system. The capital punishment has existed on the earth throughout the centuries. There has never existed a great opinion against the death penalty in history. There are exceptions, individuals have reacted against the death penalty, and governments in some countries have abolished it at certain times.