Capital punishment is an age-old practice. It has been used in civilizations for millennia and will continue to be used for millennia to come. Whether used for good or bad reasons, capital punishment is unmistakable in its various forms. From hangings to firing squads to lethal injections, capital punishment and its associated procedures have evolved over time. Many arguments have been made against capital punishment, many of which are still relevant today. However, as capital punishment has evolved over time, many of the most valid arguments have been proven to be virtually null. Capital punishment still has its ethical and moral concerns, but as they have evolved over time, those concerns have not necessarily become less valid, but fewer when it comes to capital punishment specifically. However, the procedures that accompany capital punishment have become increasingly rigorous and controversial and are the main area of ​​concern in capital punishment. That said, capital punishment procedures are very flexible. Maybe too much flexibility. One of the main concerns about capital punishment, as Angela Sun explains, is the pre-execution delays typically associated with modern capital punishment trials and proceedings (Sun 1586). These delays are widely considered cruel and unusual punishment, while capital punishment itself is not necessarily so, because the very act of lethal injection is ultimately painless and quick. According to Sun, “many, if not most, die of natural causes, by suicide” (Sun 1586). Many proceedings drag on for a very long period, some recently even pushing up to twenty years, which means that the death penalty is considered, by association, to be a cru...... middle of paper ... ...//deathpenalty.procon.org/>.Sun, Angela April. “Killing time” in the valley of the shadow of death: Why systematic delays before execution on death row are cruel and unusual. " Columbia Law Review 113.6 (2013): 1585-1636. Academic Search Premier. Web. February 7, 2014. Thaxton, Sherod. “Leveraging Death.” Journal Of Criminal Law & Criminology 103.2 (2013): 475-552. Unnever, James D., John P. Bartkowski and Francis T. Cullen "God Imagery and Opposition to Abortion and Capital Punishment: A Partial Test of Religious Support for a Consistent Life Ethic*." 2010): 307-322, February 13, 2014. White Paper on Ethical Issues Concerning Capital Punishment " World Medical Journal 58.3 (2012): 82-87. Academic Search Premier. Web. February 13. 2014.