Ah, yes but the death penalty is pretty tame these days. Lethal injection is about the most humane and wimpy way to off someone.
No one is executed by hanging anymore. Or the electric chair. Or the gas chamber. Pity. Public hangings and such would go a very long way toward ending capital crimes. Especially if there is no hood placed over the head. I have never seen a public hanging but a friend recounted one in Singapore and the description was sobering.
Utah has the firing squad but it is reserved for aggravated murder only. And like lethal injection, it's hidden from the public.
I'm not kidding about this, though. Public executions should be the law of the land and reserved for the worst of the worst. They should put it on pay-per-view and give the proceeds to victims of violent crimes.
Sadly, we have become
a nation of pathetic geldings, too sensitive to deal with life's harder realities.