Man it's so sad to hear how many people so willing toss human compassion and empathy aside once it's someone we don't like or has done something we don't like. There's no doubt this guy is a horrible individual for what he has done. But how do we make that better for anyone by then turning around in kind and killing him?
There is no statistical data point anyone can point to that shows the death penalty works. Quite the contrary in fact, and
virtually all data so far has shown that not only isn't it a deterrent, but crime is on average actually higher in countries that retain the barbaric practice.
The death penalty as it stands now exists only to satisfy the bloodlust of either the victims or the mob. And by any standard I can think of, that is the worst possible reason to keep something around, especially if that something is not working.
Not only do we need to keep people like this rather for life imprisonment rather than death, but we need to focus on a rehabilitative prison system which has massive wide-ranging benefits for society that has also been demonstrated at the statistical level through many studies. It may turn our animal instincts around a bit, maybe make some of us a little uncomfortable in the pit of our stomachs - but the benefits to society vastly outweigh any discomfort due to wanting blood.
