from the constitution no cruel and unusual punishment
” Largely as a result of these objections, the Constitution was amended to prohibit cruel and unusual punishments.
As these debates demonstrate, the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause clearly prohibits “barbaric” methods of punishment. If the federal government tried to bring back the rack, or thumbscrews, or gibbets as instruments of punishment, such efforts would pretty clearly violate the Eighth Amendment.
you are comparing what is unusual over different centuries.
The point in question is whether to make the death sentence more painful. You say yes, I say no. Your position will lose in any court in the US and with a majority of citizens with IQs over 70.