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I think that the death penalty is an uncivilized, out dated method of punishment for crime.

Medieval Europe is infamous for its entertainment. Everyone would gather in the public square with food, drink, and music. Heads would roll, literally.

Public executions were often the focal pint of entertainment.

Beheading was all the rage and dunking was divine comedy. People were executed for murder, theft, and for simply being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

The people of this time did not receive formal education. Apprentices learned trades by working with a skilled laborer. Marrying close cousins was common and swords and clubs were often raised for property.

Fast forward to 2001. Civilization is on a pinnacle of knowledge and modernization, which fills our homes, work, and life. Educated people populate the world. DVD players, the Internet and IMAX theaters are high forms of entertainment. Marrying cousins and clubbing neighbors for property is taboo. Sadly, execution is not a glimmer of the past.

Timothy McVeigh awaits his execution. Family members and friends of the victims of the Oklahoma bombing are invited to watch him die a legally predestined death on closed-circuit television. This scenario is sick.

Public execution should be a thing of the past. Back in the day, governments did not have strong methods of regulating government. Therefore, they resorted to killing thosethat went against their laws.

People in favor of the death penalty argue that they do not want their tax dollars to pay for room and board in a jail cell for a criminal that could easily be placed six feet under for good. While jail isn't the Holiday Inn, it does provide for all basic needs.

I propose a new plan for those on death row. Instill a new kind of slavery in America and use Tnnothy McVeigh as an example.

Chain McVeigh to your doorstep at night. Properly trained, a mass murderer would serve as the best protector to ward off unwanted guests.

Your new slave on death row will be the best thing in the neighborhood. Everyone will want one after they see you no longer have to mow the lawn, clean the house, or take out the trash. Your new death-row slave will be a 24- 7 babysitter. Not trusting the new slave you say? The answer is simple. Install a chip in the death row inmate's brains that when they think impure thoughts, they will automatically be shocked with 100 volts of power.

Sure, this tactic may seem inhuman, but is it any worse than knowingly killing a human life?