I wonder how many future robberies were prevented by removing the perps from circulation?
The prophylactic effect inures not only in stopping further mischief by these unfortunate miscreants, but in the example they give to other like minded individuals.
We are all here for a purpose. For some of us that purpose is to set an example by meeting an early death in a pool of our own blood on a hot Florida summer evening.
If the story was more widely circulated, the story alone would prevent far more robberies.