When it comes to questions of whether the death penalty is a valid punishment, think of this gentleman who seems to push the argument off the table.

http://www.skyvalleychronicle.com/BREAKING-NEWS/PHOTO-OF-THE-DAY-br-Nasty-Jack-br-The-Vienna-Strangler-497692

Why would you even consider the 'rehabilitarion' of a serial killer?  Why should society take the risk of letting a monster walk free again after they have displayed this kind of capability?  How do you know the 'rehabilitation' is real and not an act perfected during years of imprisonment?  How do you know simply being released won't trigger the urges he/she had to kill once more?  

This type of person is evil or defective or both.  They had their chance to live peacefully as 99.9999% of society does and either chose or was driven to murder by their inner demons.  

Put them in a cell and weld the door closed, execute them, I don't care.  But never let them walk free.

MVR

I had a stalker, a few years prior to becoming a provider. He was a serial rapist and murderer. I was the only woman that he stalked that he didn't rape, not that he didn't try but that's another story.

He showed many signs and symptoms of his sociopathic tendacies early on, and spent much of his juvenile and adult life in and out of jail. Did it help him? Heck no it didn't. He just hung out with other sexual predators and perfected his craft. Jail is a finishing school of sorts for criminals. The system of rehabilitation grossly failed him. He went on to form a gang of sexual predators and murderers.

Do you have any idea how much wasted space we are talking about? Now if we can reuse the cells after said serial killers have expired, then and only then will I reconsider. lol

As for the rest of the post, oh yeah, I agree completely. The risk to society is simply too great for the very slight chance that a serial killer might have something worth saving.  Once we can figure out a way to give the victims a second chance, then we can consider giving serial murderers a second chance, until then only the manner of executiont should be a matter of debate.

....cut the door open to put then next occupant inside and weld it shut again.   Whether you take the previous inmate out or not would be optional to me!

MVR