@farmerman,
I don't like the death penalty for a few reasons, the biggist that it is the state killing a person, and, second, the sometimes wrong incarcerations of innocent people.
I don't like the prison system in many ways, and agree with Banana Breath's description, far as I have read, about a lot of prisons, if not all.
These issues are related, but actually different matters, to me.
Prison reform, a big subject, is way late in happening in the U.S., sort of like forever but getting even worse - and should speed apace.
While I want prisons fixed, soon, I still don't want the death penalty.