Questions on the Death Penalty?

1. What is the perferred sentence life in prison or automatic death penalty?
2. Is it cruel and unusual punishment to kill a killer who will most likely get off on parole?

1. The death penalty seems good in the interests of the community in some cases but also it seems good for the criminal at hand in some cases. A criminal who goes to jail is at risk of being killed, raped, and beaten when going into the American prison system. This is the the reality of jail the guards can not watch every part of the jail and if you do not belong to a gang you are most likely to get messed with. Sometimes it seems better for the inmate to be put to death than rather face a life sentence of getting beat up and raped. This is a harsh reality but a reality all the same. 
2. In 2008 24 people who committed first degree murder were granted parole. For the families of those killers victims it means a life of worry, always looking over your shoulder, and constant pain. 61% of all violent felons are repeat offenders. If these facts do not give good reason to install the death penalty into the prison system more I don't know what will. States complain about over crowded prisons, if all first degree murderers were put to death by firing squad it would save time, money, and many lives that fall victims to repeat offenders. 

http://www.wral.com/news/local/wral_investigates/story/4774027/
http://geekpolitics.com/one-reason-so-many-felons-are-repeat-offenders-and-how-to-fix-it/