I don’t care what happens to the scum, or the scum scrum you describe.
I don’t care if the guy survives or not.
What I -do- care about is the idiotic attitude that this “he’ll get it inside” has anything to do with civilization or justice.
If the lawful justice system fails, not only is any subsequent peer-punishment insufficient, it is a further failure in the system.
It is a foolish frame of mind to take comfort in anyone “getting his” once the civilized justice system has failed.
Otherwise, we should just go back to Lynch Law and cut out the middleman financed by taxes.
If we could count on the justice system, I don’t think we would hope for the worst in prison for these guys. Do a quick search and see how many times justice isn’t found for these types of crimes...