[hartpuff]

> I am unaware of anyone in any of the EU countries who support the death penalty nor capital punishment. It is overwhelmingly frowned upon.

No it isn't. (And I post as someone who is against it, BTW.) In every right-wing party in the EU (and the world) there are almost certain to be elected representatives who support the death penalty.

> Polls (until recently?) Which polls? I'm honestly curious.

Obviously not curious enough to make a simple Google search. Here's a BBC item from last year showing support for the death penalty in the UK dropping below 50% for the first time:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-32061822

> And I'm sure there are those in Central/Eastern Europe who still support it (I know life was especially brutal under the communist regimes).

I fail to see what regimes that disappeared a quarter of a century ago have to do with anything.