[ConservativeDude]

That’s an interesting and novel take...and novel meaning, “this position has never been articulated by the RC church before ...ever.”

Oh, well, I guess tradition doesn’t matter so much.

[piusv]

Today, in fact, as a consequence of the possibilities which the state has for effectively preventing crime, by rendering one who has committed an offense incapable of doing harm - without definitely taking away from him the possibility of redeeming himself - the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity "are very rare, if not practically nonexistent."

This is from JPII's Catechism, so Francis isn't so far off from JPII "Catholicism". And Francis canonized him.