The Death Penalty

The criminal hearing is one aspect of a capital case that protects the right of the accused. This prevents someone from  eing tried without ufficient evidence. I think that there are enough steps in this process that would make it very hard for a person whom is innocent to be executed. This being said, it still happens. I feel like the process of a capital case is set up in a seemingly flawless way but in practice, may be really flawless. I don't think this guarantees that only the guilty are convicted. I think no system can guarantee that only the guilty are convicted.
I think that the most humane way of execution is lethal injection. It seems the most painless and the most practical. I feel that the ecexution team should be trained to insert IV needles properly so the execution can be a more efficient process with less pain. I feel of all the others, the electric chair is the most inhumane. The description of what happens to a victim is digusting and terrible. In no circumstance should a person be cooked in their own flesh. I disagree with this method of execution very strongly. The others are no better. The gas chamber and hanging are the next worse. I think the best way of execution next to lethal injection may be firing squad, but only if it is quick. I feel that an execution shouldn't ravage a body, it should simply put them to death.
From the data, I can see that in Illinios, where there is no death penalty, we have had 12 executions. That is just wrong. Whis is it this way? I don't know.  I am surprised to see that California has 723 death row inmates but only 13 executions. This seems either really good or really bad. Good- the process in California is refined and all the truly guilty criminals recieve the death penalty. Bad- the process in California is messed up and hundreds of people are on death row for nothing.
I think the capital murder laws in Illinois are fair. They outline the criteria needed for someone to be executed. In short, if the murder was premeditated or intentional, the murderer will recieve capital punishment. It seems very fair to me. I'm not sure why we have these laws and don't have the "death penalty" in our state when we very clearly do.
After taking a look at the charts, it seems that many people are actually opposed to the death penalty, and that the death penalty is given mostly in the south. I was surprised to see that states that do not have the death penalty still use the death penalty. I don't understand that and would like to see some of the cases where the death penalty was used.