My point in this case is the same as it was with that woman in Texas to whom then-Governor Bush denied clemency. In both the cases there was NO possibility of their ever being on the street again, quite outside the changes in them that had taken place.

Death penalty advocates generally cite two reasons for capital punishment: 1) That that individual will never commit crime on the innocent again and 2)That their deaths at the hands of the law will serve as a deterent to other violent minds.

My response:
As to #1: Incarceration without possibility of parole serves the same aim.
As for #2: Since homicide stats are not borne out in states with versus states without, that is not a valid reason.

To my mind, surely rehabilitation is a worthy aim. When the person then goes on to try to educate and warn youngsters as to avoiding certain life's paths, revenge and fear of 'losing face' seem to be about the only reasons left to kill them.