Death Penalty
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People are against death penalty on the basis of empathy. They can see themselves in some situations, that's why death penalty was taken away from things like stealing, and adultry, etc
Also the values of society have changed that now celebrates the individual and individualism. And hedonistic ideas have become more central. So many societies' core value is the nurturing of the individual and individual life, that's how they see society progressing. And so rehabilitation has become more important. These societies are called socieities of control. As opposed to socieities that still rely on more direct punishment, such as death penalty, called discipline societies. USA is a mixture of the two - cos it has lots of asylums and therapy and psychonalysis shit to teach people to be "normal" but it also kills people. Hard urge to give up.
In the end both systems are there to control the erratic individuals that society inevitably throws up.