capital punishment

I keep reading how states are having trouble obtaining the drugs used in executing people.  I personally am ambivalent on the whole process itself depending on the crime and incontrovertible proof of its commission.  In the case of the Boston bombing and the consequent damage to it's victims,  I don't know if death is the appropriate response.  Without any personal  ties to any of the victims or their families, the primal response of vengeance or retribution is not activated and a feeling of empathy pervades.  It's hard to make a case for life or death.  As far as the state doing the killing, the whole rigamarole involved is nothing more than a show for the audience and the public.  The Rube Goldberg contraption is totally unnecessary for administering anything through an IV which in itself is not necessary.  In reality, doctors often administer an overdose of morphine to patients in extreme pain from something like terminal cancer.  Morphine is seldom in short supply and I'm sure any person being executed would prefer to float away on a morphine cloud rather than the present system.  If it was me, I know I would.