CRUEL AND UNUSUAL ... TO WHOM?

Here's the lead-in - Murderer Executed in Missouri. 

One Herbert Smulls, accused of killing a jeweler in 1991 ... HOLD THE PHONE. 1991? Is this serious? Let's see. It's now 2014. 23 years later? 

Here's an excerpt from the article.

Defense attorneys argued that the state's refusal to name the compounding pharmacy supplying the pentobarbital made it impossible to know whether the drug could cause pain and suffering during the execution. The state maintained that the company was part of the execution team, so its name was protected from public disclosure.

Oh really? Was this in the former Mr. Smulls thoughts when he shot both persons, killing Mr. Honickman, but only wounding his wife? What has been really cruel and unusual is first, the murder of the Honickmans, second, the length of time the former Mr. Smulls was in prison awaiting his execution, and finally, depriving the Honickman family of two of their loved ones.

Practical suggestion to unclog the legal system which allows for a 23 year delay from a case adjuticated by a jury of the former Mr. Smulls peers - LIMIT THE NUMBER OF APPEALS IN A MURDER CASE TO TWO, AND THEN DONATE THE REST OF THE MONEY WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR APPEALS AND INCARCERATION TO THE FAMILY DEPRIVED OF THEIR LOVED ONES.

Maybe then would justice truly be served!