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The US has used the death penalty liberally throughout its history, except, ironically, the one time it needed to be used, which was in the aftermath of the Civil War. Could have been a different place had we just killed Lee, Davis, Forest, et al. Personally, I do not love the idea that the state can kill people legally, setting aside the arguments about whether there are any moral justifications for the death penalty. In special circumstances, such as war or rebellion all bets are off, but for run of the mill crimes, even heinous ones, I just don't believe we should give the state that much irrevocable power.