I'd be against death penality no matter what. There's no point to it. Simple as that. If you've killed someone, you can't "make it right," whoever you killed will stay dead no matter what. It doesn't make a difference to me wether a mass murderer is locked away for the rest of his/her life or killed off, it's not like he/she will be able to do anything to anyone either way, so why should I bother? I'm quite sure it makes quite the difference to the mass murderer, so let him/her decide.
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The problem is one of symmetry. If someone can't kill, the state can't kill, 2 wrongs don't make a right. Well, if someone can't imprison, the state can't imprison, because two wrongs don't make a right. Or, remove the symmetry, and you get the completely bogus-sounding: if somone can't kill, it is wrong to imprison for killing, because two wrongs don't make a right. Remove the symmetry, and the logical flaws of this argument become glaring.
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I don't think anyone should imprison or kill. So no, I don't we should imprison
for killing. I think that killing is worse than imprisoning though, so I do think we should imprison to prevent killing.