'Cept he's not really an animal, is he?
I guess one could make an argument like military necessity, like we would have to kill Osama bin Laden because he is too dangerous to let live. But short of that, spending the money and applying the technology necessary to safely confine somebody for life doesn't seem too high a price to pay.
And, of course, life means life. In on your feet, out in a box,... life.
If money were no object, I suppose I could live with locking themm in an oublette and forgetting about them. However, we are in a world where there are many priorities and not enough money to go around. If it costs more than $100,000 a year to keep a life/w/o/parole prisoner in the hoosegow (which is the estimate I've seen), that's a lot of money that should go to other things that benefit society. I'd rather put the money into programs designed to teach ghetto kids working skills and reading: there's at least a chance that some good will come of it. Money spent to confine a lifer is just a sunk cost.
Understand, I see this as a practical approach, not perhaps the most morally ideal approach. I'm just not willing to pay higher taxes to support some murderer's comfortable (or even his or her uncomfortable) life in jail that could last 30-40 years or more.
Tell that to the victims' families.
But short of that, spending the money and applying the technology necessary to safely confine somebody for life doesn't seem too high a price to pay.
Let's see...pay hundreds of thousands or even millions on babysitting this scumsucker for the rest of his natural life or spend a couple of bucks on some chemicals...hmmm
Bottom line, this ANIMAL forfeited his right to continue using our air when he pulled the trigger and/or encouraged Malvo to do the same. He's a dead man, end of story.
You're right. He's below an animal.