jno,
I don't know about the States, and I wouldn't believe anything that that toad Livingstone says.
Do you remember the 'Razor Gangs' of the Fifties,
This is what a neighbour told me, who was a member of one.
The reason they used Razors and not Flick Knives, was because Razors didn't kill, they didn't mind doing time for inflicting wounds etc, but they didn't want to lose their lives if caught.
But besides that, personally, I still feel that we should have an ultimate deterrent, (Capital Punishment), for which, Honour Killings, (murder), would qualify.