Just Put Them To Sleep

I am a proponent of the death penalty. It seems that if one commits a heinous crime then they should pay the ultimate price. You know; little things like murder, treason and terrorist activity would apply. I have been wondering why there are those that continue to bray that "lethal injection' is cruel and unusual punishment. They point out that the criminal does indeed feel pain and that pain appears to be excruciating. Perhaps.  A child murderer's pain is no concern of mine frankly.  Bring back old Sparky or the hangman.

 Of course that is not going to happen anytime soon.

Recently I had to put and animal "to sleep" which is something that all of us who are animal lovers probably have gone through at one time or another. It is a sad day when one has to say good bye to a friend but I have noticed that on the three occasions where "I witnessed an execution" that the animal appeared to feel no pain. If there was any it was very very short lived. In fact in a matter of a second or three they are on the cosmic journey. Why can't some chemical concoction be applied to those who receive the ultimate penalty that puts them away that fast? It can't be that difficult I would not think. That might silence the "cruel and unusual punishment" fruit loops somewhat.

Or not.

Death Penalty Study

The Death Penalty Information Center apparently released a report showing that it is quite expensive to actually put criminals to death; much more so than keeping them in the slam for the remainder of their lives. The costs presented by the organization's report are staggering and any sane person would question the reports' accuracy. However there can be no doubt that it is quite expensive to continue to rehear each case on appeal. Of course, most death penalty verdicts are automatically appealed, often ad nauseum. This is perhaps necessary to make darn sure that no innocent person is ever put to death. The whole business is a double edged sword. Do we as a society suffer those among us to live that have been convicted of heinous crimes, or do we automatically sentence such criminals to life without parole? There is undeniably the cost of housing, feeding and otherwise caring for them. Of course the numbers bandied about by the DPIC purport that it is far more costly to follow the process of actually putting someone to death. They are possibly correct to some extent but in the case of extremely violent criminals I say "smoke em if you got em."