I give no credibility to it not being administered evenly. To my knowledge each condemned person gets the same three deadly drugs administered to them.
Deterrent? Who cares? It's about exterminating crime one criminal at a time.
Look for other ways to save my tax dollars. Personally I feel it's pretty good "bang" for my buck.
Opi - what you are talking about is the death penalty the way you want it to be.
But it's not the way you want it to be at the present time. It really is applied randomly. Some murderers get to die, and some don't. Mostly they get to die if they are incarcerated in certain states.