"Some people are against capital punishment in any case even if it is 100% painless and the judicial process is completely correct. I don't really have anything

"Some people are against capital punishment in any case even if it is 100% painless and the judicial process is completely correct. I don't really have anything to say to them: it's obvious to me that there are certain crimes which absolutely merit that punishment and that to refrain from killing the guilty in that case is a profound injustice" Well, a good thing is to not immediately cut off any possibility of reaching a common ground. I think you describe the issue perfectly. Given an imperfect criminal justice system, how to you administer punishments? Maybe the DA, the police involved, the judge, and every member of the jury should all be summarily executed in the case of wrongful conviction involving the death penalty? I can see some crimes that merit the death penalty, and if everyone involved had to risk their own life to apply it I would be more comfortable that it was not applied lightly because of racial/socioeconomic issues, police misconduct, or the political ambitions of a district attorney.