A fetus is not a baby. How many memories do you have from before you were born? How many mass murders do you commit every time you masturbate?
The US has a much higher violent crime rate than countries which have abolished the death penalty. That shows how ineffective it is .
A huge porportion of those executed are guilty of nothing more than not having enough money to "Purchase" justice, making poverty, and not being white enough, capital offences.
And they call that "Justice?"