The highest court in our land has been asked to review if lethal injection warrants cruel and unusual punishment. In my opinion all forms of capital punishment is cruel and unusual. Now I know some of you out there live by the old "eye for an eye" philosophy. But it just seems barbaric to me.
The United states is the only western nation that still exercises capital punishment. We are also one of few in the world that still practice it regularly. There are several nations that still have it on the books, but most have not used it in over 10 years. Syria, Iran, Pakistan, China, and the USA is where capital punishment is most common.
Some people argue that capital punishment reduces crime. This is simply not true. The united state has the highest execution rate per capita, but we also have the highest incarnation rate in the world.
None of us want these rapist/murders walking the street committing crimes. Life without parole, or 25-life is plenty of punishment. This way they will have to sit there and think about what they did for a long time. Some may even beg for the death penalty. It happened in Italy...
Also, no system is perfect. There have been innocent people executed. No innocent should ever have his life taken away for a crime he did not commit.

