[verity]

I am not interested in the pre-emptive killing of prospective criminals

That's NOT what I said.

[Romulus]

I think it is, though. "Recidivism" means that a person falls back into a life of crime. It indicates that new crimes are being committed. If you advocate capital punishment as a preventative for recidivism, you're advocating killing a person to prevent him from something he hasn't done yet.