58 of the 195 countries in the world allow and have the death penalty as legal One of them is the United States an English speaking country with 23 executions in 2017 However 19 states in the US have chosen to abolish it while 31 states still have it as legal Because of this it exists organizations that are working to prohibit the death penalty both in the US and in other countries as well The three most famous organizations working on this mission are Amnesty International National Coalition and The Death Penalty Project According to Amnesty this method is cruel inhumane and degrading Amnesty 2018 As a result the polls from Gallup present that the support for the death penalty in 2017 was the lowest since 1972 Gallup 2016 The citizens change their mind about the situation and think of it is as a problem instead is a reason why the support is reducing However why is the death penalty a problem in the American society Expensive method First of all a death penalty case is more expensive than an imprisonment case in the US society
