So much for forbidding a "cruel and unusual punishment."
Also, pardon me, but I'm going to be an asshole for a moment.
Richard Brown, your mindset is just as bad, if not worse, than the mindset of the man who was just executed. I know how you got to that mindset, but there's no excuse. There is little that is more immoral than a thirst for vengeance.
I would show him more sympathy, but he lost that right when he displayed the same callous disregard for human life as the killer did. We don't let sociopaths make excuses, why should I let a neurotypical make excuses for his behavior?