[abduhl]

You think the death penalty is an exercise of ultimate power? It’s more an exercise of vengeance.

The ultimate exercise of government power is keeping someone locked in a tiny cell for the rest of their life where their bed is next to their toilet and you make them beg a faceless bureaucracy that has no accountability annually for some form of clemency via parole, all while the world and their family moves on without them.

[FartyMcFarter]

I don't necessarily agree with that, but even if it's true, I think my main point still stands about who is likely to support either thing.