RE: Is the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment by definition?
January 17, 2014 at 11:02 pm
Quote:The death sentence does not equal revenge, especially if you're trying for one that doesn't involve pain.
I happen to disagree. Taking a life for a life taken still amounts to revenge, even if the revenge is more humane than the original crime. The proper kind of imprisonment would accomplish the task of eliminating a person as a threat without producing another corpse.