The conversation between human and AI assistant.
Why do you feel that the death penalty is "cruel or unusual punishment"?
Can you please explain why the death penalty is considered "cruel or unusual punishment"?
The death penalty is considered "cruel or unusual punishment" because it involves taking someone's life as a form of punishment. As a society, we have evolved to think that taking someone's life as retribution for a crime is barbaric and goes against the idea of rehabilitation.