Possible Solutions

In order to find a reasonable solution, you must think rationally and make judgments unaffected by personal feelings or emotions. At first, I believed you can't just demolish the death penalty and just send everyone to jail as many suggest. I thought the cost to hold all of these prisoners would be too high, and be a major impact on the economy. However after constant research I actually found that life in prinson would, in fact, cost less than the death penalty. So that can be a reasonable solution.
One of the solutions I've come up with is rehabilitation. After certain criminals have reached a certain point in their life sentence, they should subject to rehab. If rehabilitation is unsuccessful, then the criminal in question can be put in a home with little to no privileges and be forced to stay indoors, under constant surveillance. Another part of the rehab is infroming the criminal on the damage they have caused. If a criminal sees the harm they have caused to the family of their victim, they might have a change of heart. They can either be put through an example of the pain they have caused, or interaction between the victim and criminal if both parties are willing. Depending on the person, these methods could have a huge impact on the criminal as they have seen what they have done, and what they put others through.

Another way to change capital punishment is to attack the problem at it's source. If, for example, the police buckle down and really put their best effort into catching criminals, less people would be sent to jail, therefore less on death row. Not only will this protect the public even more, but also the criminals themselves. Catching one saves them from repeating the wrong they have done, and many times saves their lives. If a criminal can experience the consequences of their actions first hand, they are less likely to do the same thing again, thus preventing them from a life of crime and capture.

A very popular alternative to capital punishment is life imprisonment. To the surprise of many, the death penalty in fact costs more than life imprisonment. Death penalty expenses include: more pre-trial time to prepare (usually a year), more pre-trial motions will be filed and answered, more experts must be hired, two trials will be conducted (one for guilt and one for punishment) and the list continues. Not only will it cost less but as previously stated, I believe life in prison would be worse than the death penalty due to the fact that criminal will have to live with the guilt of the crime they comitted. Also while imprisoned, the workers can be put to work, and either a certain percent or all of the earnings will be sent to the family of the victim.