when matthew manguno is an attorney in pennsylvania, he says, some governments are using the death penalty for political gain. i think it in a lot of ways the death penalty is driven by politics. ah, you know, people want to seem as though they're tough on crime and it's a way of getting your, your, your bon, a cds for being tough on crime by saying, you know, we support the death penalty. and so, so i think that's part of the reason why the death penalty hangs on. although the trend around the world is really seems to be that the death penalty is it is a fading a. it's not a certainly as popular as it has been in years gone by. it's, it's best exemplified in the united states where you see, you know, a number of read states, you know, hang on to the death malady. because the politicians in those states, the members of the legislature, they don't want to be the ones who are perceived as soft on crime, who's done away with the death penalty. and then there's some horrific crime that occurs in their state, and the death penalty is not an option. so, so at least in the u. s. and i think in ot