User blog comment:AgnesFlether/My fear ....Merlin's Magic reveal to Morgana/@comment-4892425-20121209154051

@Morganaforever - I'm from the U.S. where the death penalty is legal in several states and under federal law. One is executed when the accused commits a murder or murders so heineous the punishment is death. The causes and  circumstances presented by the prosecution and the defense are weighed at trail before the jury rules whether to acquit or condemn. If found guilty the defendant has the right to appeal the decision all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the highest court in the land. That takes years. If there's no favorable outcome then that person is executed. Traditionally the governor of the state where the crimes were committed would grant a last minute reprieve if he or she feels it's warranted; it not, the person dies by means dictated by the state (generally lethal injection.)

I did not want to start a death penalty debate but you raised the question would I support it. Yes, depending on the circumstances. And given Morgana's crimes I would support it for her. It would have been interesting if the writers scripted Morgana to be captured and formally brought to trial for treason, regicide, attempted regicide (multiple counts), mass murder, torture by magical and non-magical means, espionage, kidnapping, etc. The drama would have been riveting, each side giving as good as they were getting, airing out old hurts. Looks like this is going to be settled on the battlefield. No matter what hurt or wrong Morgana felt, it still doesn't justify what she's done. She killed innocent people who had nothing to do with her grievances, real or imagined. One way or another she has to answer for her deeds.