On a moral level I have no problem with the Death Penalty. The problem is that our justice system is too coarse/crude/inept to be trusted with such an absolute penalty.
Even now prosecutors around the country are fighting efforts to use post-conviction DNA testing to exonerate innocents.
Bingo, thats me too. I am against the practical application of the death penalty. My views have changed on it and have been changing over some time. Its not my cause celebre', so I wont be championing its abolition. But I think in this imperfect world, its not a good idea to mete out such permanent punishment.
That said, I think that bad guys should die. I'd gladly kill them too, if the situation were right.
When the statute first passed, there was a flood of DNA testing requests. However, as nearly all the DNA testing has re-affirmed the convictions, the reuqest rate has substantially slowed.