The Death Penalty

Earlier today I read this article, and I was absolutely appalled.

Long story short, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has questioned the ethics of the death penalty. Since the prisoner is given a sedative before they start the process, nobody knows for sure if the death penalty is painful or not.

I was really enraged this morning after reading the following part of the article:

A US Supreme Court ruling on September 25 prompted a number of states to postpone scheduled lethal injections until the Court decides on a test case, which is being brought by two death row inmates from Kentucky.

I was thinking that they were implying they were going to try killing people without the sedative to, you know, observe how much pain they might be in.

Now, after having read the article several times, I realize the "test case" is a court case. Yes, it's true, I really am that daft sometimes. Anyhow...

I'm against the death penalty a hundred percent, but for stupid, cruel reasons. If someone committed a crime so heinous that they should die, shouldn't they suffer by living a long, painful, seemingly endless life in prison as punishment? If you kill them, the suffering is over. Also, if someone commits a particularly treacherous murder and you sentence them to death, what's right about that? As my roommate said, that's like parents who hit their children and then tell them not to hit other kids. Bad news bears, as Brittany would say!