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Abolish death penalty, there is nothing to gain from it in modern society

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The world has been coming to terms with the fact that the death penalty has very little use in modern society.

More and more, countries have been abolishing the death penalty as a punishment for any crime; many others have stopped carrying out the executions altogether; while others have only retained it for the most serious crimes, such as mass murder and terrorism.

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