Kill pills

Almost done with the Trials of Gabriel Fernandez docu series. A little bit to go. How fast Americans are at sentencing someone to death. It amazes me. Right now the jury is deliberating execution and only this old, educated Asian man is arguing, the rest are, like, burn the bitch! Dude. You can't just kill someone. You don't think sentencing him to a life in a concrete box with bars is punishment? Even the judge told them, yo, you can't decide on something like that in two hours. It's not how a death verdict is imposed and you walk away thinking you avenged a dead kid. You don't think he is showing remorse? Look at the guy. He is done. You could ask him: do you wish to die? He would say yes.
I agree with the old Asian gentleman - it's the mother who deserves no more days. (IF you want to place blame, which is what these jurors seem to do. Other than that I am firmly against executions and would never impose them.) That huge moron was just a tool in his hands. He would not kill a kid had he not met her, but she would. She has never been good and never will. No matter how intellectually impaired she is from drugs and gang rapes. Fuck. :/ This is all just so damn sad.

But really, how come there is not an option for an inmate to end their own sentence? Would that seem like a cop-out? If others kill him that's justice, but if he is given the pill, that's an easy way out?