From Nebraska's governor insisting he'll execute 11 already-condemned inmates even if the state legislature just banned the death penalty there, to Supreme Court Justices Alito and Scalia hinting they're okay with painful lethal injections because they think it's the fault of death penalty abolitionists that pain-free chemicals can't be imported to the US, there's a distinct mean streak (to say the least) behind some death penalty supporters.
Pete Ricketts and the Nebraska Death Penalty – The Atlantic
After his state abolishes the death penalty, Governor Pete Ricketts vows to apply it to the ten inmates still on death row.