Reply #38: I am unalterably opposed to the death penalty, so no, I'd never seek it.

[Buck Laser]

That doesn't mean it isn't a heinous crime, or that they shouldn't be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
My opposition the death penalty is that it almost always amounts to a kind of revenge or vengeance. However "natural" the desire for vengeance might be, it's a base instinct in humans. I look upon humans as constantly trying to become better humans--what Yiddish Jews call a "mensch," and there is no way I can see that state sanctioned killing helps advance that goal.