Lethal Injection Under Fire Again

[Roland]

"I'm a genie in a bottle....you gotta rub me the right way!"

Ahem.

I know there's always two sides to every issue, but in this instance, I can see only one. 

And it looks like Doc is right on.

I can see no justification in forestalling punishment for someone who has been found guilty of a heinous crime for the sake of comfort for the perpetrator.  The way I see it, "comfort" was pretty much thrown out of the door when the perpetrator started bashing their victim's head in with whatever.  (Just using some random generalization here).  There's a fine line between living under the freedoms of Democracy and sneaking in the shadows of "Killing People and Getting Away With It"-ocracy, and for those that like to paint the line a blood-red color I have no sympathy.

Make 'em suffer those few extra minutes. FUH-CRYing out loud! They deserve it!
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And yet I see it the other way.

The Constitution, among other international laws (thinking of the Geneva Convention here), ban the use of "cruel and unusal punishment". As much as I feel NO sympathy for any convicts on death row, there is a greater principle here: that of the law. Our Constitution forms the basis of our freedoms in this country. Failure to abide by any part of it opens the door to trampling right over it, ignoring all of it. That, my friends, is a far more slippery slope, which I think we all can agree on.

My point is this: let not our distaste for unethical actions lead us to rash decisions inducing further unethical actions. Fair is fair, after all, and if we don't uphold our laws, we will soon find ourselves lawless.