I get it. You read some true crime news about some scumbag who tortures his own babies to death and think: take him out back and shoot him in the head. One and done. Easy.
But the reality of the death penalty is the U.S.A. is more like this:
US Surface Navy is No Longer a Global Force
The US Navy may credibly dominate the Atlantic but the Pacific Ocean is no longer an exclusive US naval domination calculus. The Arctic is still dominated by the Russians and will remain so. The US Navy's ability to build functioning surface ships is compromised...
