Lethal Injection Under Fire Again

[GriffonSpade]

And yet I see it the other way.

The Constitution, among other international laws (thinking of the Geneva Convention here), ban the use of "cruel and unusal punishment". [right][snapback]107113[/snapback][/right]

The ban on cruel and unusual punishment should be ignored as far as I'm concerned. We should instead be focusing on what is deserved and affective. Permanent incarceration isn't enough of a deterrent for these people, who probably think that they can get away with it anyway, and know that even if they can't, they'll probably live despite being caught and convicted.
They went out with the intent to irrevocably harm or kill someone, which is about as severe crime one can commit, and deserves a punishment every bit as severe. You don't get any more incapacitated than being dead, so no more worrying about them escaping and doing this to anyone else.
If someone is going to spend their entire life in prison, there's really no point in rehabilitating them, and placing someone in a closed off society where raping and killing isn't just acceptable, but a favored solution is NOT a very good method of doing this. So just WHY, oh WHY aren't we killing these people, and then being cute and fluffy to lesser offenders, people who aren't known to be guilty beyond any reasonable doubt, and like the homeless or something?

PS if you execute people on a regular basis, it is no longer unusual is it? and youre not really torturing them or anything, so its not cruel, just efficient and usual punishment right there ;)

Edit: We should kill them with laughing gas, that way they'd die happy, and thats about as uncruel as you can get! :w00t: