The way I see it capitol punishemnt as it's carried out, or not, in America is terminally flawed.

We have the death penalty but it can take years to enforce it.

The cost of keeping inmates long enough to actually put them to death is incredibly high.

The death penalty has been shown to be no more effective in preventing first time offenders then it has in preventing repeat offenders.

At the end of the day killing a person who has committed a heinous crime truly serves no purpose and I challenge anyone reading to list one that is legitimate or which cannot be prempted by reaching these criminals before they've committed a capitol offense.

I propose a reorginization of the death penalty. Select by national or state wide vote which offenses warrant death. Then make that death immediate and impervious to appeal.

Or we could leave it to the survivors of the crime. If the families of the victim feel death should be the penalty after a criminal has been convicted then it should not only be their sole decision and acted upon immediately but it should be carried out by the families who have enforced it.

Why should we put the burden on prison officials to kill a man when those howling for blood are the families?

Oh and screw least painful method of death. The death should match the crime in every explicit detail. Being found guilty of a crime punishable by death should strip a person of their inherent rights as not just a human being but a legal citizen of the United States.

If a person takes it upon themselves to butcher another human being they've obviously reduced that person to sub-human standards and should be treated in kind when being executed.

If we're not going to reorginize the death penalty to match these guidlines what is the point of having it at all?