My personal support for a non capital punishment state, which is a criteria of membership to the EU is as follows.

I am against the killing of innocent people for crimes that they did not commit. No one system of law Shariar based or otherwise can protect it's citizens 100% from a miscarriage of justice. Thus, to accept capital punishment is to support the killing of innocent people. Thus, retribution through the killing of a guilty many comes at the cost of the killing the innocent few.

This is simply a price not worth paying.............

Root