Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
The two bold lines are incompatible with each other - either you don't or you do wish to see certain crimes punished.

If you are against the death penalty (in any time-line), then you are against the killing of criminals even if they rape your daughter.
It's not incompatible.

The latter means 'in the context of the existing law system'. The former bolded line refers to my personal actions: I would kill that criminal myself. Ofc, seeing him/her executed by law enforcement would be a nice surprise.