For the telfonmen of this world:
The flawed logic of understanding the killing of a man as a penalty, while a penalty in modern understanding is not to rebalance a cosmic scales by a principle of "an eye for an eye", but is understood as a sanction by which the behavior of the deliquent is to be influenced and changed (for which it is a precondition that he continues to live),
would be a topic for itself. Also where longterm jail sentence fit into this description.
However, let's ignore that debate.
And wonder oh wonder, the text goes on a bit more:
This is the story:
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/per...l.pmed.0040156
And finally this:
Now what the the eigth amendment has to say on cruel punishment:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Not difficult to understand. Not even for you, teflonman. All the bullying you are trying here is intentional provokation, I have no doubt. And that's why I use that wonderful magical button on you now that by miracle and wonder will hide you from my field of vision in the future. So spare your breath, or take the chance to impress the audience. I don't care anymore.
Like it was with Iceman and Waste Gate, I do not ban different opinions. Only bad behavior.