Being we have a separation of church and state religion should have no say in capital punishment. Because being religion is 100% on the belief of the person, and if you look at most serial killers, they were very religious. Some have even believed that they are doing the work of god. Now when they die, to you they are going to "!@#$%^&*". To them they are going to "heaven" and in reality no one knows for sure what the !@#$%^&* will happen to them. And I don't personally believe that when a man murders or kills he is playing "God" If you look at our bodies and evolution, we are essentially designed to kill. "God" doesn't kill men. Men kill men. "God" has never taken a shotgun and blown off a guys head. "God" doesn't drive drunk and kill someone. We are just a society that dictates if a man killing is right or wrong, If you believe on a relitious level that it is wrong to kill a murderer for killing an innocent, fine, don't pull the switch, but don't try to stop me from doing it. And don't try to use a religion that I don't believe in to justify why I'm not allowed to do something.