Views on the Death Penalty? (a poll)

[AFTT47]

In a science fiction called Babylone 5  instead  of a  death penalty they rewrote the persons brain thus killing the offending personality be keeping the life.  Once that tech is in place then my vote would change.  Of course once the tech is in place the question (vote) would really be a moot point.

That Babylon 5 thing is exactly the same as the death penalty. The person is wiped out. The only "life" remaining is a mindless body with all the self-awareness of a carrot. Then they rewire the brain with a new personality. It's a new person in the body of the offender but the original person is dead. No difference at all from killing them.