sounds to me like they need to expedite the appeals process and start carrying out more executions and everything will be just fine.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
According to Merriam/Webster
inflict;
Full Definition of INFLICT
transitive verb
1 : afflict
2
a : to give by or as if by striking
b : to cause (something unpleasant) to be endured
— in·flict·er or in·flic·tor noun
— in·flic·tive adjective
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Death is (in this case) a penalty, which is judicially accepted and that penalty (unless I'm wrong) is going to sleep
Sure, you sleep forever .. but you go to sleep.
Calling in the sandman is not cruel
It may be unusual ... but so is a judge that does not understand English