The death penalty is overturned and life without parole is the new sentence.
Next thing we know the man is out on weekend passes and commits further crimes.
Any American with a brain knows that life without parole means the murderer will be back out on the streets eventually.
In NJ a man who murdered two police officers in a horrific execution and sentenced to death is now out of prison and working in a local high school cafeteria.
Capital punishment "experts" may not agree on the value of it as a deterrent, but there is no denying it cuts the recidivism rate to zero.