I'd keep him alive as long as possible. I'd keep him on life support and pin his eyes back. Death is too easy. This guy needs to rot in solitary. Better yet drive to take his own life. Then he'd be squewed.
I don't want my tax dollars to keep this piece of rotten pig scum alive for the next 40 or 50 years.
Chain him to a chair, put his head in a brace, and have him watch hard core porn for 8 hours straight - naked. Then, tie him up where the hair is very, very short, and drag him by the trailer hitch of a Ford F-150 on a gravel and dirt road at about 45 mph for about 30 miles - naked. Then, rack him up. Pull those body parts until they feel like they are about to pop off. Then, bring in the Abu Ghraib (sp?) prison dogs - the german shepherds - and have them snarl at him while he sits on the floor - naked. Preach the gospel of Jesus Christ over and over and over again. Burn many Korans in front of him. Then burn him alive and hang his charred body from the Brooklyn Bridge.
I think that would be justice for him being responsible for the death of about - oh - one American!