Death Penalty in the Cheese State?

Speaking of my EMT class, last night students were talking about local and national cases of attacks on women, like the Colorado case. One student said of a Wisconsin perp, "I hope he fries."

This is part of what first responders have to deal with, as well as being the first on the scene when someone is dying. Emergency service people talk about these things a lot (without names or specifice - the Wisconsin case I chose above is random, not from class conversation).

I pointed out that Wisconsin doesn't have the death penalty.

Two of my classmates said in unison, "We need to get one."

They're not the only ones who think so, according to this Madison poll: "New poll: Majority favor reinstating death penalty in Wisconsin."