10 year old drugged, raped, killed

[whatthehey]

14. Well "again", yes quite possibly

Many many convicted killers have killed again either in prison or after having escaped or been released or paroled. Hell, Kenneth McDuff alone accounted for more than likely a dozen, although he confessed to "only" seven. And that was after they had already sentenced him to death once. There is not one single option, not supermax or LWP or solitary or asylums or rehabilitation, which can claim the one attribute that makes execution useful. There has never, ever, been an executed criminal who has killed again.


Should these people be executed? Dunno. To me it is the future risk rather than the splashy horrors of the crime itself which should determine that. At first and scant reading it is the no remorse part rather than the brutality which would raise the issue here. Killing someone however horrifically in a fit of rage or chemical influence or even for calculated gain may not warrant the DP as all those causes can be ameliorated, but killing because you just want to, enjoy it, and don't have a moment's concern for the victim before or after? That's a big flashing sign that doing it again is not a bad bet, and that's why we have to end some such lives before they end more innocent ones. When they say things like "killing a woman is like killing a chicken. They both squawk." it's not a tough call. Some people really do just need to have absolutely no chance of ever killing again, and to date there's only one way we can be sure.