I think that the death penalty should be abolished because it does not teach the criminals a lesson or help them recover it just gives them a way out.To get the death penalty you have to do something terrible like murder and you get a minimum of 25 years and at that point most people wouldn't want to live the rest of their lives in prison .I think that people that commit major crimes should have to be locked up for what they did.In 2018 there were 63 death row inmates and most would probably want it as a way to get out of having to pay for their crime.It is not only a way out its inhumane,five states in the us still have the electric chair as a second choice.This is why i think the death penalty should be abolished