Some crimes are so heinous that to not hand down the death penalty would be an insult to civilized society.
...fine, but the instrument of that penalty should be the family of the victim, not a dispassionate entity with little or no skin in the game...
...turn death row inmates loose into the arms of their victim’s loved ones...that is the purest justice...
Shall we go back to blood feud?
Why let "a dispassionate entity with little or no skin in the game" determine a penalty is necessary and what penalty should be imposed?
What if the family of the victim is of a forgiving nature and does not want to be the instrument of the penalty?