I couldn't find anything about this but sometimes when I die the Death Penalty just does not go away. Running STK with my newest Sorc I died to a big smelly ogre, rezed at shrine and rested. The touch part went away but I still had a death penalty. Worked our way through to a secon shrine, rested and still had the penalty. Finished the quest, recalled and leveled up. Sat around the Tavern and still had the penalty. Typed /death and boom penalty was gone. Is this the way it's supposed to work?