Unethical Death Penalties

In Alabama Has Been Torturing Poor People For A Long Time by Stephen Cooper, published in Counterpunch magazine, Cooper discusses the immorality of the death penalty in Alabama, and the unconstitutional measures the state has gone to acting through the death penalty. Cooper's intended audience is revealed in the end of the article, where he directly challenges writers and reporters to address the death penalty (especially in Alabama) with zero sugarcoating, using the most reprehensible and vile words to describe the act, since that is the reality. The articles should be shocking, they should get the public's attention, and furthermore, the public should be outraged upon acquiring this information. Stephen Cooper is greatly credible in his statements as well- he is a former D.C. public defender who worked in Alabama specifically as an assistant federal public defender for three years. He knows the state and its prominent legal issues from his experience, and the fact that he has chosen to write multiple articles about the unjust cruelty brought by the death penalty proves that his views should not be pushed aside. Cooper claims that the people who are being subjected to the death penalty in Alabama (mainly the underprivileged population) are regularly being tortured, and because of their status, majority are turning a blind eye. He uses several men as examples- such as Torrey McNabb, Ronald Bert Smith and Christopher Brooks, all of whom were recently tortured and subsequently executed in Alabama. In each of the three cases, there is sufficient evidence that implies that Alabama officials are responsible for the torturing of these men during their death, however Alabama continues to stand firm on its use of violence. The level of violence the state executioners use on the prisoners set to receive the death penalty is unconstitutional- it breaks the Eighth Amendment. These men are usually not medically experienced and licensed to administer a "conscious assessment" before lethal injection. Therefore, I agree with Cooper and his opinions, and also believe that the death penalty should be labeled as torture when its being practiced this unethically. These unvoiced, "disenfranchised and vulnerable" people are continually being underrepresented when they are clearly being tortured through a system that overlooks a constitutional violation.