The Death Penalty

I'm a moderately pro-life libertarian.  I don't really know much about the death penalty yet, and haven't formulated a position on it yet.  My initial inclination is to be against it, but I'm not sure yet.  If anyone has some strong views on this from a libertarian perspective, and would like to influence me, speak up, now is the time. 

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Your comparison is a bit off-mark. The right equivalent to death penalty would be for the sniper to patiently wait until all the hostages have been killed one by one, and *then* shoot the guy, when there is no possible hope of bringing the victims back.