Reply #9: no, not really

[welshTerrier2]

i'm totally opposed to the death penalty regardless of the crime because i think it is immoral for governments or anyone else to take a life unless it is directly attributable to self-defense ... incarcerated prisioners do not pose a risk to society ... but this isn't the question you asked ...

you asked about whether a convicted murderer's conduct after their death penalty sentence but before their execution should be taken into consideration for clemency ...

i would argue that justice should be much swifter ... if someone receives the death penalty, should the society keep them on death row for years and years? it seems to me there should be a brief period in which appeals could be filed ... there should not be 5 years and 10 years and more during which the prisoner could establish a track record ... either the prisoner should be executed for the crime they committed or they shouldn't (i argue they shouldn't) ... being "rehabilitated" versus remaining, say, "angry at society" should not be the determining factor on the clemency issue ...