To be honest Space Law needs to be updated but can’t because the wiki page is currently protected. HoS should be able to authorise executions, it’s literally his job to choose the solution that will keep the station safe and prevent his staff from being overwhelmed. Captains don’t have to authorise any other common activity of any other department, not even building combat mechs or additional risky engines which have the capacity for mass casualties.
Similarly “Only the Captain, HoS, and Warden can authorize a Permanent Sentence.” needs to be updated. What is a Security Officer supposed to do with a criminal that has committed a Capital crime but their superiors are all busy when he asks for the 5th time what to do with them? It should be required to inform their superior who’s getting perma’d and why, but not authorisation to do so in the first place.
Do you know how many times perma is either depressurized or broken out of? Permagulag or execution is the only sure-fire permanent sentence, and even then (As Mimo has proven) Permgulag isn’t even that much better. Execution is the best way to get rid of an antag or a self-antagger.
Also, it’s nice to see others sticking up for the values of security.