Death Penalty Still 'Arbitrary and Capricious'?

Back in 1972, the Supreme Court ruling on Furman v. Georgia stated that the imposition was "arbitrary and capricious" and therefore unconstitutional. When the death penalty was deemed to be constitutional again granted that a series of conditions apply to its usage, as ruled in Gregg v. Georgia, it was implied that the use of the death penalty would no longer be arbitrary or capricious.

However, a recent case in Oklahoma demonstrates just how false this premise is in today's justice system.

A man may be eligible for the death penalty depending on what side of a gravel road he was on at the time.

Seriously?

Unfortunately so. Our capital punishment system is so broken that we're pulling out a tape measure to decide whether or not we're going to further tie up our already backlogged judicial system and waste taxpayer dollars trying to kill someone as opposed to spending the money where it is needed such as victim's family resources and real, effective law enforcement.