The Candidates on the Death Penalty

http://pewforum.org/religion08/compare.php?Issue=Death_Penalty
I thought it was interesting that of all presidential candidates, only two people opposed the death penalty. One person who opposed it was Ron Paul. It says here that Ron Paul praised the late Pope John Paul II for being an "eloquent and consistent advocate for an ethic of life, exemplified by his struggles against abortion, war, euthanasia and the death penalty." Paul is Protestant, but every other candidate is religious as well, and the only other one who is against it for moral reasons is Dennis Kucinich, who is Roman Catholic. Some, such as Edwards and Dodds, seem hesitant about it, but overall- of all the religious presidential candidates- only two are against it, and neither one of them will most likely win the election. It's just interesting becuase the line between if it is right or wrong does not seem very thin here, yet in public society among religious peoples there are very passionate disagreements among people on the subject.