always carry a straw

(CNN) -- New Jersey lawmakers have voted to abolish the death penalty in the state, sending the governor a bill he has already said he will sign. The measure will make New Jersey the first state in more than 40 years to outlaw capital punishment.
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/13/nj.death.penalty/index.html
does that violate my constitutional right to not have to suffer under cruel and unusual punishment ; in the coffin burried alive ;