[Niall]

It's wrong in any situation. I don't care how depraved the crime, ending another person's life is just wrong in any circumstance. It's state-sponsored murder. We're a modern, civilised society, and to have such barbaric consequences for crime would just be out of place. I mean, who are we to decide who lives and dies?

Moreover, what if there's a miscarriage of justice? What if the conviction is wrong and a person is [insert death penalty type here] for such crimes? It's a risk I wouldn't like to take, the Derek Bentley case shows how devastating it can be for family members of the 'convict'.

Besides a life term in prison would be far more difficult to stomach than death.