POLL: Do you believe in the death penalty?

It is beyond my comprehension why a civilized country such as the United States of America would have the Death Penalty. People clamor for the death penalty because it is revenge and when we lose someone to violence, we want revenge...that is human nature. But that is where a civilized society should take over. There is not a shred of evidence that the death penalty is a deterrent to crime! Not one shred of evidence!!! It does not deter crime. Data suggests that in states where they have the death penalty, the bordering states have crime rates less than the states with the death penalty. I believe offenders who have committed murder deserve to be locked away from society without the benefit of parole when the murder is a 1st degree conviction.>>>>>>>>>