Barshevsky is against death penalty.

http://top.rbc.ru/politics/16/02/2002/47731.shtml

http://www.treli.ru/newstext.mhtml?Part=20&PubID=13509

A few weeks ago I heard on the news that a poll was conducted according to which more than half of those polled were "for" death penalty (that's to say, if I didn't mix it up with "for" the moratorium... but I don't think I did)

I'm still undecided. I'm pretty sure that if one of my close relatives were killed (not as a result of medical mistake or negligence, but murdered) I wouldn't want the murderer to continue living...