there is absolutely no justification for the death penalty in the modern world. You cannot come up with a good argument for it that passes intellectual scrutiny. That was all I was trying to argue. It costs more, accomplishes nothing, isn't a deterrent, and we can't just make the whole system faster. 

Also, when you say "with today's technology and videos, your "often" wrong convictions, is absurd" Absurd? Would you find it absurd if it was a family member, or yourself, who was wrongly convicted? Here's a list of all the "absurd" examples:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exonerated_death_row_inmates

 This is the core of a "true conservative" : the ardent belief that they are right despite clear non-partisan evidence to the contrary.