The Death Penalty and Christianity

From the comments on this post at 4gfc:

But there are things more important than life. Justice is only one of them. Love is another. And if we loved like God loves, I suspect that we would value life less and value justice more.

RTWT from initial post through the comments.  As much as I admire and respect The Anchoress, I'm thinking she's mistaken on the subject.

A debate between these two would be an awesome thing to behold, as it would be respectful, intelligent and no one's mother would be dragged into it.  And it might just result in putting the whole question to rest.