Well, then please write off WHOLE EUROPE (INCL. BRITAIN). It´s usual that killers are released after serving their time in prison, which is around 15-25 years, and only very seldom really for life. You don´t have to tell me that the individual life has a lesser value in Asia than in Europe. It´s cultural.
The death penalty is the only form of punishment in existance today that has no recidivism rate.
Can you say the same for 15-20 year incarcerations?