The Death Penalty Death penalty is the highest penalty in the United States. People have different thinking about death penalty, or in other way capital punishment. “ A 52% majority don’t think the death penalty deters people from committing crimes, and 60% don’t think vengeance is legitimate reason to execute someone .” Since 1976 in United States were made 3,214 executions. Twelve of them were made by US Government, and nine by US Military. From 50 states in United States just 12 of them do not have death penalty at all. D.C also do not have it but this is not a state. Many people think especially black that there i