Not like this he hasn't. The closest he came was when he was with Isis or when he had joined the JSA but in both of those arcs he openly expressed his opinion about ripping the criminals apart and sometimes he actually even did do that but so far in the justice league run he hasn't even tried or said anything about killing the villains. I do agree with you though, he can't hold on to it but his current status still remains tilted more towards hero than villain.