I'm opposed to death penalty for two reasons.
The stats were (are?) 1 in 8 people killed by the state were innocent. You can't appeal execution.
The other reason is, sexual deviancy is a mental health issue. Executing pedophiles is absolutely no different to executing low IQ individuals who have diminished responsibility, or burning epileptic because demons posses them. Not to mention gays are being included as pedophiles by the conservatives. The "groomer" argument is used against trans and drag queens. In my native #Australia book readings for kids by drag queens were shut down because of the hostile groomer argument.
Even saying "Maybe we shouldn't kill pedophiles" will open me to accusations of being one.
And that should give you a pause about how easy it is to accuse people.