Thread:Comments:China executes more people than rest of world combined, according to report/Yeah, so what?

I wonder why anyone would care about the execution rates. I support the death penalty for the following reasons: So execution is just a normal thing. No need to be so fed up about it.
 * 1) It can act as a deterrent.
 * 2) If some people are in the knowledge of state secrets, they may be a threat to public safety and should therefore be gotten rid of as soon as possible. Assuming that we can't wash his memory away.
 * 3) If someone has the potential to rebel against the government, the government have to kill them for it may, again, be a threat to public safety.