That's the alleged standard now, and yet we know innocent people are wrongfully convicted, so my point stands. Saying "with no reasonable doubt" is all well and good, but until you actually come up with a way to ensure everyone you want to put to death is actually guilty, my objection to the death penalty remains.
Please understand my point about the subjectivity concerning punishments because we're bypassing that and are now repeating the same dialog.
Again, the next severe punishment is life in prison. That can be considered as cruel yet we allow it.
Another way to put this, is that if you are against capital punishment due to potential mistakes in the conviction system, then you should be against all punishment since we can not prove 100% accuracy.
And, I also brought up the notion that some cases can be proven with 100% accuracy.
The typical argument of an inaccurate justice system is more to debase the justice system and not the form of punishment. Punishment is only a small portion of the entire justice system.