Punishment vs Justice

(I know, I know, the new thread is up and the moron herd will be mooving on, but this is still the current open thread, until that one gets old, right?)

#PunishmentVsJustice

Okay, "cruel and unusual" is out. I'm for that. Our system is supposed to be about Justice, not vengeance. Even if the perp did commit rape and murder and attempted murder by shotgun, no drawing and quartering, no leaving the corpse to dangle from a rope in the town square (unsanitary). Vengeance is reserved to the Almighty Judges who know that which we cannot discern. Our mortal justice system should not be in the business of making the condemned suffer cruelly. Just eliminating the threat from our world, "letting God sort it out," as the saying goes.

Still, "pleasurable lethal cocktail" seems to be too far in the other direction, doesn't it?

"Wow!" the inmate exclaimed in a loud voice. "That is great. That is awesome! Thank you, warden! Thank you (expletive) warden!"

His head fell back on the pillow, and his neck twisted at an odd angle, with his mouth and eyes open.

c/o Drudge
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/26/
death-row-inmates-last-words-wow-that-is-great/2/

Well, buddy... you're welcome, I guess. Bye.

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