Why do you feel that the death penalty is "cruel or unusual punishment"?
Is the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment?
What is the death penalty? Justice: What are the arguments against capital punishment (death penalty)? What are some crimes that result in the death penalty? Why is the death penalty so expensive to administer? Which crimes should require a death penalty? Justice: What are the arguments in favor of capital punishment (death penalty)? What is the benefit of the death penalty? Must capital punishment be banned? Are criminals wicked and deserve punishment? Why are death penalty executions so difficult when doctors can humanely euthanize animals or people? Why should we ban the death penalty? What are the arguments for and against the death penalty? Which is worse: life in prison or the death penalty? Why capital punishment should be implemented? Should the use of punishment as a form of revenge be abolished, or does a victim have the right to the possibility of mental relief (however small) from the knowledge that their victimizer has been punished? What are some good arguments for outlawing the death penalty? Why is capital punishment called so? What are some benefits of the death penalty? Should the UK re-introduce the death penalty? Should capital punishment be abolished? What is the legal thinking behind determining punishment for equal criminal actions that have dramatically different outcomes? Can killing someone be justice? Which is better: capital punishment or life imprisonment? What makes the death penalty so expensive for the tax payers? Why is there punishment for involuntary manslaughter? Doesn't it mean that the accused didn't want to commit murder? Should capital punishment be abolished? Why, or why not? Is suicide punishable by death? What is your view on death penalty for rape? Why is capital punishment so expensive? Is extra judicial killing a murder?