USA has the highest incarceration rate. Why?

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chris212223 said:
Look on the bright side my fellow Americans at least we're #1!!!! xD

This.  We won't rest until we're #1 at everything!!

But seriously the reason is we don't execute enough.  If we used the death penalty on murderers, rapists, shoplifters and jaywalkers we wouldn't have this problem.