Rhetorical Questions of Severe Significance

The fact that killing is often considered the worst crime can explain why the worst punishment is sought out, but is punishment not just a legal form of crime? If we accept this to be true, there is no way to morally accept the death penalty as just.
Where there is a fault, alternatives must be looked for. Should murder not be the worst punishment, how do we deal with murderers? Well, for one thing, it would make capital punishment far too extreme being the supposed worst punishment.
After such questions, what if neither murder nor the death penalty are the worst in their respective categories? If that's the case, they are again on the same level, which would defer to the first question.
True, these questions may seem small and pointless, but it's circular, and it aptly describes the debate now. We need to get off the track of the usual arguing if an overhaul in capital punishment is to take place. Our logic has log been implemented in age-old beliefs and superstitions in good and evil. Upon shaking the ideas of an ongoing battle and a realization that we are humans, not demons and angels, we will use true logic, true knowledge, and true sensible solutions.
Like capital punishment itself, our society often defers to what we've been raised to believe rather than seeking out answers and enlightenment. We will cut the tallest blade of grass to make the entire yard look better rather than bringing the shorter blades to a new, higher standard.
In any case, reform across the board is a necessity, and how we handle our prison inmates is a part of it. One by one, every aspect of society needs to be molded into a new, better world. It is my personal hopes that one day, today will be regarded as the end of barbarity, and that capital punishment was one of the first steps in the right direction.