I am not ideologically opposed to the death penalty for certain crimes, however due to incompetence and corruption of government, I have to oppose it on the principal that it too often makes mistakes. Prisoners can be freed, dead men stay dead.
I agree.
In general I am against this way of punishment. It would be better if prisoners would work for the state without being paid and offer their services to the public.
But for certain crimes such as pedophilia etc. I think that the criminals who do that deserve the strictest punishment.