son of witless wrote:
After a suspect is convicted and sentenced to death by the state for say serial murders, the families of the victims would be given the option to inflict whatever punishment they saw fit, including clemency.
Ahh but you say, what if nobody in the family has the strength to preside over the punishment, then the person is jailed in a small cell. The family could subcontract out to the inmates the tasks of beating the person to death.