No, those who have been convicted of a crime and are sentenced to death deserve death. Today, most capital punishment is done by lethal injection, when, if done properly, results in a quick and painful death. Also, in the court case Gregg vs. Georgia, capital punishment is allowed if and only if the punishment isn't cruel and unusual which prevents unethical ways of carrying out the punishment.
A majority of Americans, 69%, agree with enforcing the death penalty. This helps to support the ethics of the punishment because if the death penalty was cruel and unusual, most Americans wouldn't support it.
Citation: Moyers, Bill (2007). Capital Punishment in Perspective. Public Affairs Television. Retrieved February 15, 2009, http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11092007/capital
punishment.html
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