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<blockquote data-quote="mhphoto" data-source="post: 1604376" data-attributes="member: 6288"><p>I find no problem with the idea that murderers can be put to death by the state, and I feel no sympathy if their own death is not exactly painless. But we live in the USA, and are a nation of laws. The Constitution is the law of the land, and in it you'll find that cruel and unusual punishment is forbidden. </p><p></p><p>I know it's tempting to say an eye for an eye when it comes to capital punishment-worthy crimes, but we <strong>cannot</strong> cherry pick that issue any more than the hoplophobes can cherry pick the Second Amendment. </p><p></p><p>There's been a lot of research into various ways to carry out the death penalty, and from it a painless alternative has been found in hypoxia via nitrogen asphyxiation. It's cheap, easy to administer, doesn't depend on the inmate's participation (gas chamber), doesn't put the procedure at the mercy of potentially inexperienced medical techs (lethal injection), doesn't carry miniscule margins of error (hanging), and doesn't rely on potentially unreliable participants (firing squad). </p><p></p><p>The electric chair and gas chamber are tantamount to torture in my opinion, and, medically speaking, getting shot in the chest or having a needle go through the vein and into muscle aren't really walks in the park either. </p><p></p><p>I know it seems counterintuitive to say that murderers shouldn't receive a painful end, but like I said, if we're to be a nation of laws, we're not allowed to cherry pick the Constitution. I also feel that the death penalty shouldn't be handed out unless it's obvious beyond any inky shadow of a doubt that the person is guilty of the heinous crime.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mhphoto, post: 1604376, member: 6288"] I find no problem with the idea that murderers can be put to death by the state, and I feel no sympathy if their own death is not exactly painless. But we live in the USA, and are a nation of laws. The Constitution is the law of the land, and in it you'll find that cruel and unusual punishment is forbidden. I know it's tempting to say an eye for an eye when it comes to capital punishment-worthy crimes, but we [B]cannot[/B] cherry pick that issue any more than the hoplophobes can cherry pick the Second Amendment. There's been a lot of research into various ways to carry out the death penalty, and from it a painless alternative has been found in hypoxia via nitrogen asphyxiation. It's cheap, easy to administer, doesn't depend on the inmate's participation (gas chamber), doesn't put the procedure at the mercy of potentially inexperienced medical techs (lethal injection), doesn't carry miniscule margins of error (hanging), and doesn't rely on potentially unreliable participants (firing squad). The electric chair and gas chamber are tantamount to torture in my opinion, and, medically speaking, getting shot in the chest or having a needle go through the vein and into muscle aren't really walks in the park either. I know it seems counterintuitive to say that murderers shouldn't receive a painful end, but like I said, if we're to be a nation of laws, we're not allowed to cherry pick the Constitution. I also feel that the death penalty shouldn't be handed out unless it's obvious beyond any inky shadow of a doubt that the person is guilty of the heinous crime. [/QUOTE]
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