I remember when cop killers never saw the inside of a courthouse.
In NJ in the 50s there was a murder of two coppers in Lodi. The details were too salacious to be printed then albeit they were reported as perverted. One POS fled to NYC where he was holed up in a hotel. the local office asked higher command how to handle the arrest. They were told to standby as a special unit will handle. They bursted in and shot the POS 40+ times as he lain on a bed. The picture of his body had a handgun in his hand (which was placed). Case closed and filed. No long trial, no huge number of appeals, no mental evaluations, and above all no parole.
Taxes, Values, Security flipped the South in the 60’s the Industrial Northeast might be next.