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If the death penalty was carried out in public, and the victim's family was permitted to participate if they wished then there would be a deterrent to these crimes. However, that will never happen again.
As for the methods of execution being considered too cruel, I must object. I think about a recent incident in my hometown where an 18 year old girl was terrorized for the last hour of her life. The one who committed this crime has confessed. What manner of execution could possibly be considered too cruel? Perhaps we should do away with him in the same manner that he ended that young woman's life? Is that too cruel? Would that be justice for her family? I have no compassion for this monster. This will be resolved in the courts, and he will probably spend the rest of his 60 or so years in prison, at our expense.
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Quiet, mild-mannered souls might just turn out to be roaring lions of two-fisted cool.
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