If a family member was the victim of a horrific crime, could you forgive the perpetrator?

If you support the Death Penalty for revenge then that is exactly what it should be called. It is called CAPITAL PUNISHMENT because it is to be used for justice. There are no real statistics saying it isn't a deterrent, just as there are no statistics that could say there is. The problem is that you can't show one way or the other what someone would do if Capital Punishment was the other way. There is a reason it is so hard to put someone on Death Row, and even harder to execute someone. Would I forgive the person? I really can't say. I support the proper use of Capital Punishment, but that doesn't mean that I'd say the person should be executed.