The first woman to be executed by the US federal government was executed as a result of Lincoln's assassination. Her name was Mary Surratt and her youngest son, Johnny, was considered Booth's "right hand man".
I was about to comment something along the lines of "You add water and drink it, dumbass" but then I realized that it does not, in fact, say metamucil. I'm the dumbass.
Can't open the article, but I agree, the punishment shouldn't exist -- except for those like the people I listed previously. I figure they might as well be put to some good use. People such as Carlos DeLuna and Cameron Todd Willingham should not be counted among the likes of Ted Bundy, and should not have been executed.
Capital punishment is issued to those who commit atrocities like murder, genocide, treason, and terrorism, not for weed related crimes. I'm thinking people like Albert Fish, Timothy McVeigh, Ted Bundy.