Very good point. In the early days of this country, somebody who perpetrated something like this on an infant would have been killed by the public. No trial, no nothing. One could claim that everyone deserves a fair trial, but I would exempt a case like this.
I see people like this perp and the "mother" of this baby everywhere nowadays. If you look at both of their MySpace profiles, everything is "f... you", etc. These types of people act like their lives are some kind of movie, that embracing evil isn't real, and won't affect them. They are exempt from the history of mankind, and can flirt with evil and go unpunished. Yeah, right, look at the results. And their kind are literally EVERYWHERE now. I've never seen anything like it.
The thing that bothers me so much about the entertainment industry, with its slasher, gore and kinky sex offerings, is their frequent claim that it doesn't affect society -- it's just a matter of personal choice. Meanwhile, the same film, music and television media are used for advertising, and the results (how many people are buying the product offered) are measured and counted with great precision.