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I'm actually really opposed to the death penalty.

Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.

I am against the death penalty.

I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States.

I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life.

Yes, I support the death penalty. It is an issue that cannot be fudged or hedged.

I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us.

My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody.

But I'm not pro death penalty. I - I'm just anti the notion that it is not a matter for democratic choice, that it has been taken away from the democratic choice of the people by a provision of the Constitution.

I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error.