Depends on the context. There's a long list of things I would rather have happen to an evil person than death. Best case scenario they develop some self awareness and empathy and become disgusted with their own behavior, and start using their influence for actual good. Failing that, at least the voting population could recognize aforementioned evil and choose not to fucking support it. Failing that, an actually functional system of checks and balances that prevents aforementioned evil dipshit from abusing their authority even if they try. Failing that, an actually functional legal system and prosecutes people (even rich and powerful people) for breaking the law; and laws that aren't malicious in nature. Failing that... a well placed meteor strike, car accident, heart attack, bear attack, vigilante: don't care, so long as it removes them from power.

What bugs me is how often we hang out at the edge of that last 'failing that' and a horde of apologists feel like they're holding some kind of moral high ground and drawing the line there, in opposition to any further intervention, and instead just bending over and taking the oppression. And in that case, yes, not wishing death on the supervillian who's proven to be immune to everything else is synonymous with wishing suffering upon the millions of people under that villain's influence.

...but, that's a lot of words, so... you can see why ^that doesn't make the greatest conversation starter.