Capital punishment

I would also like to mention that I'm still new to this site, so I apologize if my structure isn't great. Now, I would like to start off by saying that I don't believe all murderers should be executed. I think that judges need to contemplate what punishment would be suitable for a particular criminal, and if the DP is seen as suitable, then so be it. As far as "cruel and unusual punishment" goes, I don't think it should always apply to the DP. Take for example, Charles Manson. He is one criminal who most certainly should have been executed, had California allowed the DP as a form of punishment when he was convicted. It should apply to those who have a complete and utter disregard of human life. It should not, however, apply to those who act out of anger, and may otherwise be good people. For example, those with family problems. Maybe two parents are getting a divorce, and the Father, when emotions of anger and sadness are running high, murders his family. He's not thinking straight, and perhaps he was otherwise a good Father and Husband. In this case, the DP should not be issued as a punishment. It does nothing really, and with proper psychological help, he may be able to become a good citizen again, after his sentence. But for those who contemplate murder of other people, plan it out, and commit not just one, but many murders, and completely disregard the preciousness of human life, those people should be executed. Because no other form of punishment is suitable. Obviously, some (even most) murderers don't care about the consequences of their crime. Sometimes doing some prison time will do a criminal well. Maybe the horrendous crime he committed will wake him up, and cause him to change his ways, and after a good 10-15 years in prison, he may decide to change his life. However, there are those who just aren't worth trying to save,who aren't worth wasting time and resources on, because there is no changing them. Life in prison is worthless in a lot of cases. You spend the rest of your life with free food, a free bed, and other privileges such as TV and college classes. If you aren't serving a life sentence, fine, this makes sense. But for a convicted murderer serving life? Then why shouldn't you commit a murder? You get a pretty decent life. Now, I don't think that the DP is issued with racial motivation. In this graph ( . http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov... ) taken from 1976-2005, statistics showed that blacks committed 52% of all homicides. If you are convicted, it is left up to the discretion of a Judge to decide whether the DP is a suitable punishment, and then it is appealed several times, usually taking 2 decades before a decision is finally reached. Since that is the case, it is safe to say that if a convicted murderer is given the DP, it was not racially motivated. If it was, then the sentence would have been changed in one of the appeals. I am not saying that Whites or Hispanics should not be executed. I am simply stating that, since they committed more murders, they have a larger chance at receiving the DP. In conclusion, I don't think that the Death Penalty is a good form of crime control, however in some cases it is really the only good option. Some people just aren't worth keeping in prison for some decades.