Sorry, aldo, I don't see where you're going with that...
I disagree with the death penalty in principle, but at the same time I haven't really come up with or heard a much better way to deal with it. I can't imagine what it would be like to spend 20 years in a little white room with basically no human contact...I'd probably go insane. When you're talking about trying to make sure that the innocent don't get irreversibly executed, it's not a big diff.
On the other hand, if you lighten up the 'death penalty' enough, you just make it less of a deal to get it.
When you oppose the death penalty, surely(?) it's a matter of principle to wish clemency. It's not like it's less a punishment if the guy will never be released, is it? What's the difference between the two, anyways - a longer time of punishment?
