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Punishment is designed to ensure the perpetrators will not repeat their actions. When the individual is determined to be worthy of death, punishment is no longer warranted because he/she will not be capable of repeating their actions again. A society is judged by how they treat their criminals, and as society has become more advanced, barbaric treatment of the criminal population should decrease. The Founding Fathers understood this principal by eliminating cruel or unusual punishment.
When we execute criminals, we do not punish them. We judge them to be beyond salvage or redemption, and remove them.
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