I'm very much in favor of not executing people, Bobert. I think it's extremely unwise to give any government the legal authority to kill people they are holding as prisoners. It's too easy to abuse such authority, it's too easy to make mistakes, and it's a wrongful thing to do anyway in the first place.

(There are certain situations that push our buttons...where we want to see someone killed over something. That feeling can come over anyone in some particular situation. It's an individual emotional reaction. I don't think it's the proper business of a government to act as the agent to satisfy that kind of gut emotional reaction in people.)